ungowa Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 am a total pc thickie so excuse if my wording is wrong.desktop was working fine until we had a power failure,now when we turn it on we get a screen saying things like -turn on in safe mode ,turn on using last known good configuration,we have tried to restart the pc using all these options but just keep getting returned to this screen.cont alt delete does take me to other page but all i can see from there is that the front fan? doesnt appear to be working,could this be a problem.downloaded an xp recovery prog frm this site(as original was lost) but it wont let me re install xp as it cant find end user liscense agreement?.... any help greatly appreciated as teenage son is cutoff frm msn and pulling his hair out ty Quote
Guest Wolfeymole Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Hello Ungowa Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help Is this XP install on another machine that you have as I see you seem to be running Vista? What exactly does it say on the copy of XP that you have at the moment? Is the front fan just a case fan? Quote
RandyL Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Ctrl-Alt-Delete should brink up the task manager. I don't understand what you mean by "other page" or why it would show a front fan etc. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
Dalo Harkin Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 If you are saying that the front fan as in a case fan is not working then the chances are that the MOBO got a surge when the power cut - case fans are controlled by the Motherboard (MOBO) unless you have an additional fan controller on the front panel Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
ungowa Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 aaarrgggh yes am using laptop which runs vista,desktop is xp,as for what does it say on the copy of xp,? micro soft home edition with sp2 .cont alt and delete should bring up task manager but doesnt, brings up a screen with advanced options on only,one of which was a temperature check and it showed the front fan wasnt working. srry i cant explain these things properly Quote
Guest Wolfeymole Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Tell us exactly what is happening or what you are doing when you see this message. but it wont let me re install xp as it cant find end user liscense agreement? Quote
Goku Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Wolfey, I think that Ungowa downloaded the Recovery Console from our downloads section and is trying to use it to install XP again. Of course, this will be impossible and that is why he is confused. This, is at least, what I conclude from this: downloaded an xp recovery prog frm this site(as original was lost) but it wont let me re install xp as it cant find end user liscense agreement? -- Goku Quote
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