Major PC problems...HELP!!

[suzanne]

My son managed to click on a virus which I could not get rid of. I have had this problem before and know its near impossible to fix so i decided to reformat.

The PC was not reconising the windows disc so I went into bios and changed to boot from CD and it worked. I was just about to enter the code when I kicked the wire shutting off the power eeeeekkkk. When I switched it back on I got the first black screen, then black a screen with Windows XP or Windows Setup. When I click on setup I get a black screen with 1 dot and a continual beeping from the box, I have searched beeping codes and it appears to be a problem with the power supply or the motherboard.

When I click on Windows XP I get the page Safe Mode, Last know good configuration etc. When I go into safe mode it shuts off and reboots. When I go into Last known good configuration I get a flash of a blue screen which says error 0x0000007b which is apparently a device driver/hard drive issue.

I then went into bios again and disabled auto restart and managed somehow to get the windows disc to boot (cant remember how which is a pain). Now it was saying... Set up did not find hard disc drive. I restarted with the Support CD/driver disc pressing F6 and get a black screen up Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [Y,N]?,When I type Y I have a screen saying insert blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A then it says seek failed. pressing N says Error reading from drive C: Dos area: drive not ready.

I am totally stumped and have no idea what to do now. I am thinking I will have to pay someone to look at it but thought i would post on here and see if anyone has any ideas. Thanks in advance for any help.

[suzanne]

Thanks for that jjandellis, I have posted on there too.

[the sicilian]

Do u have an original windows disk or a reformat disc?

if you have an original disk then u should set to boot from cd in the bios, when the machine starts a black screen will come up saying... to boot from cd press any key... be quick as if u miss u will have to start again ...if u do this it should then it should eventually go into a setup routine for reloading windows


 if the machine says you have no hard disk ur bios may have reset the sata mode in the bios..this would need to be in compatability mode... re the beeping..these are post beeps and can be diagnosed in different ways depending on bios..if u get those usually memory or board...and ur gonna have to take it to a repairer..

[suzanne]

Do u have an original windows disk or a reformat disc?

if you have an original disk then u should set to boot from cd in the bios, when the machine starts a black screen will come up saying... to boot from cd press any key... be quick as if u miss u will have to start again ...if u do this it should then it should eventually go into a setup routine for reloading windows


 if the machine says you have no hard disk ur bios may have reset the sata mode in the bios..this would need to be in compatability mode... re the beeping..these are post beeps and can be diagnosed in different ways depending on bios..if u get those usually memory or board...and ur gonna have to take it to a repairer..

Yes I have the disc and i have tried all that. I have figured out it is a problem with the sata mode and have downloaded the drivers but all google searches say to put it on a floppy disc..the machine doesnt take floppy discs and and a cd doesnt work. I love a challenge but dont know what to do from here.

I am trying to fix it without taking it to a repairer as I am a bit skint. Just need to figure out what is busted. My thoughts are that I just need the PC to recognise the hard drive first and I can take it from there.

[EagleBeagle]

Not a computer expert but this may help (you'd need another working pc to do it obviously):

http://www.getpcmemory.com/user-guide/how-to-integrate-sata-drivers-into-win-xp-bootable-cd-setup-slipstreaming-xp-guide-using-nlite/

Disclaimer - I've never tried this but it doesn't sound like it could make your computer any worse!

[the sicilian]

Do u have an original windows disk or a reformat disc?

if you have an original disk then u should set to boot from cd in the bios, when the machine starts a black screen will come up saying... to boot from cd press any key... be quick as if u miss u will have to start again ...if u do this it should then it should eventually go into a setup routine for reloading windows


 if the machine says you have no hard disk ur bios may have reset the sata mode in the bios..this would need to be in compatability mode... re the beeping..these are post beeps and can be diagnosed in different ways depending on bios..if u get those usually memory or board...and ur gonna have to take it to a repairer..

Yes I have the disc and i have tried all that. I have figured out it is a problem with the sata mode and have downloaded the drivers but all google searches say to put it on a floppy disc..the machine doesnt take floppy discs and and a cd doesnt work. I love a challenge but dont know what to do from here.

I am trying to fix it without taking it to a repairer as I am a bit skint. Just need to figure out what is busted. My thoughts are that I just need the PC to recognise the hard drive first and I can take it from there.

Suzanne go into the bios..u need to change the sata mode.... which area do you live?

[suzanne]

Do u have an original windows disk or a reformat disc?

if you have an original disk then u should set to boot from cd in the bios, when the machine starts a black screen will come up saying... to boot from cd press any key... be quick as if u miss u will have to start again ...if u do this it should then it should eventually go into a setup routine for reloading windows


 if the machine says you have no hard disk ur bios may have reset the sata mode in the bios..this would need to be in compatability mode... re the beeping..these are post beeps and can be diagnosed in different ways depending on bios..if u get those usually memory or board...and ur gonna have to take it to a repairer..

Yes I have the disc and i have tried all that. I have figured out it is a problem with the sata mode and have downloaded the drivers but all google searches say to put it on a floppy disc..the machine doesnt take floppy discs and and a cd doesnt work. I love a challenge but dont know what to do from here.

I am trying to fix it without taking it to a repairer as I am a bit skint. Just need to figure out what is busted. My thoughts are that I just need the PC to recognise the hard drive first and I can take it from there.

Suzanne go into the bios..u need to change the sata mode.... which area do you live?

I live near Bristol.

I had come to the conclusion that it was probably something that needed changing in the bios but I am not very PC literate and I know mucking about in the bios can cause serious problems when you are relaying on google for answers.

Plan B is currently in action..I have downloaded Spotmau powersuite and I am crossing fingers that it will work 

Another problem I have which im sure someone can tell me how to rectify. How do I stop my message page from jumping to the top everytime i type....VERY annoying!!!

[technolog]

Are you running Windows 7 Suz? If so try viewing blonde in compatability mode.