CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Okay I don't know what my desktop is doing, but I am beginning to fear my hard drive has crashed.

So the past week I have been unable to browse the internet - not because i am not connected (i could still play my mmorpg fine), but all of my browsers (firefox, ie, safari) cannot read pages. Then today iTunes won't play saying something about configuration. I try what i like to call the "magic restart" for pc machines and *gasp* my computer wont boot up

Instead, a blue screen talking about CMOS appears and apparently i must do something with it. Well i get out my laptop and apparently it has something to do with the fact it cant find an operating system. This, along with several applications not working over the past week lead me to believe my hard drive is no more

Of course I know next to nothing about computers and may be totally wrong. Pertinent info that I know: OS is Windows XP (on a pc, not mac) and i think its the business addition. the failures i talked about earlier. Any help would be appreciated, thanks much!

Sparrowhawk

I had the nonresponsive reboot.. That was due to Service Pack 3 o_o Have you ever did a system restore before? Not sure if that helps.. sorry 8(

No i have not done system restore - but won't I lose everything if I do that?

Sparrowhawk (post: 1293592) wrote:No i have not done system restore - but won't I lose everything if I do that?

Yes, but not if you back them up first

The CMOS refers to the type of circuitry on your motherboard. What does the 'bluescreen of death' say about the CMOS when you try to boot?

It may be possible that the little coin sized battery on your mother board has failed and needs to be replaced. These batteries wear with time and usage. A high system temperature and time the system is off can shorten the batteries life. If you do need to replace your CMOS battery, you will likely have to reset your CMOS BIOS settings as they may have reverted to their default settings.

At any rate. More info on the actual error message given when you try to boot will help a lot. ^_^