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16-Jun-2006, 08:52 PM #31
oh i got them to work.

i tried different IDE cables and now they work

But when i boot up my system to windows xp i get past the loading screen and i get stuck at a blank blue screen where the login screen should be

any solution to this?
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16-Jun-2006, 09:53 PM #32
You might have to do a repair installation. Can you get into safe mode using the F8 key upon bootup?
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16-Jun-2006, 11:33 PM #33
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Originally Posted by almightybob7
oh i got them to work.

i tried different IDE cables and now they work

But when i boot up my system to windows xp i get past the loading screen and i get stuck at a blank blue screen where the login screen should be

any solution to this?
The cables are 40 pin, 80 connector, ?
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17-Jun-2006, 07:25 PM #34
yeah, they're both 40 pin, 80 connector
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20-Jun-2006, 10:26 AM #35
ok i just figured it out. i just pressed ctrl+alt+delete and a login form came up. now i can get back into windows.
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20-Jun-2006, 01:25 PM #36
Do you have to do that all of the time?
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30-Jun-2006, 10:46 AM #37
no, just that once. when i got back into windows, it said that my video drivers had become uninstalled somehow. I just reinstalled them and things worked fine again.
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30-Jun-2006, 11:42 AM #38
Great, thanks for the following up.
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