PC Help

Nah dont pay anyone to do it, piss easy to build one yourself and have it exactly how you want it.

I have an invention called the "Glitter box". It's a pc case that is surrounded by an electron magnet. It can be operated remotely via txt message or from a button on the box. when you need it to the glitter box is activated. Knock knock on the door, it's the po po. No worried just hit the glitter box and your safe.

holy shit

4chan is that way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I still lol'd

Running a magnet over the casing worked for me.

How does that work?

Tried a few of the things on here and still no joy. I'll see if I can get a new HD.
Thanks for all the ideas..

download LILI linux live creator, download damn small linux (50mb) and put it on a usb stick . Try and boot it, if it boots, buy new hdd.

Knopix

Right got new HD... Plugged in, it's recognised in the BIOS.
What's next..?
Still keeps telling me 'floppy diskette seek failure'..!!

Done that.. Let's see..

Now it tells me ' no boot device available '..?

You may have a new HD, but you now need to install an OS on it. You need to boot off an XP CD or whatever your OS of choice is.

Have you set the HDD to be the boot device? Make it first in the list of boot options (unless you have a CD/DVD drive which you might want to boot off to install a new OS).

XP.... Do I buy that or will DELL have it for me..?

Dell disks might have Windows included.

Ubuntumuchtrouble

Dell may have supplied you with a CD you can use, though most manufacturers provide you with a boot CD, which accesses a hidden part of your HD where the OS install is located. As your original HD is fucked this could be awkward.

Need to get an OS disk..

Has this been re-OS-ed yet?

Fedora > Ubuntu

#RedHat4lyf

Macbuntu! Look like a cool kid in the coffee shop, sudo like a geek at home.

Right....I was given a copy of UBUNTU for the time being until I can restore the original system..
Thanks for all the help..

Have you set up the HDD as a master and setup the order of devices too boot from in the BIOS?

Have you set up the HDD as a master and setup the order of devices too boot from in the BIOS?

Maaan this computer malarchy is not easy..!
Talk me through that..
Do it make a difference if I'm going to put XP or some other OS back on when I can get a disk..

Your default jumper position is slave.

Lick my boots.

My jumper is in the wardrobe- is that right?

goes and likes a geek at home

haha i dual boot linux, not hating.