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[IcedBear]

OK half life would not work so i downloaded driver for the graphics card, half life then worked. played half life then switched off pc. switch on pc, try play game and blue screen error. try using 3dmark 2001... blue screen error, try DirectX information.... blue screen error. Pc crashes, try restart, it gose into safe mode try DirectX information it says "no direct Draw Support" dont know what that means. restart, takes forever "Checking Drive(s)" then flashes up "None"(drive C). "None"(drive D). "DVD" (drive E)
then half way through boot it says
"Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM:
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM:
Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk And Press Enter"
What HAVE I DONE????? Somthing to do with directX? Think i mest up when installing the driver for graphics card?
I think i had this before but cant remeber what i did to fix it!
Thanks
Ice

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

It would be a good idea to reset your bios back to defaults, then get the latest driver for what ever gfx card you have.

 

[Reaktor4]

You could have a virus or maybe a hardware problem. Backup your files asap, you might need to format.

 

[IcedBear]

i wont lose anything if i reset bios will i

 

[Reaktor4]

Not anything on the hard drive.
I dont think resetting the bios is likely to work btw.

 

[destrukt]

no.

7char

 

[IcedBear]

how do i check for virus and Backup files if the thing wont start

 

[Reaktor4]

Try to get into dos with a startup floppy or cd (the xp cd should work, but you might have to change the boot order in the bios). Keep restarting if it wont detect the drives or try autodetect hard drives in the bios. You might have to put the drive into another system if you cant get it working.
To check for a virus make a norton antivirus startup disk on another computer, if you have to.