Recent content by Jeff p

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    restore OS system

    Found a very strange solution to my problem. Ultimately, I used my cell phone as a wi-fi hotspot, plugged it in to my computer via usb and started my computer. I then visited a microsoft update website on the phone that directed me to scan my computer. I scanned the device & it indicated no...
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    restore OS system

    Unfortunately several usb boot programs failed. I then burned a copy of the program from the usb to a dvd. Still can't get it to boot. I then ran an old recovery disc to make sure the dvd player was working. Funny is that the recovery disk picked up the files but will do nothing with them. I...
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    restore OS system

    th.is is what I see at the very bottom of the screen. C:/>_ the underscore is flashing like it wants a command code of some Kind to open the file. if I plug the USB port into a computer that is already running I can open the file and the Windows program is contained within. It Starts the...
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    restore OS system

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    restore OS system

    I currently have a Dell Dimension e510 that was equipped with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. recently the hard drive crashed and was so badly damaged that I was not able to even do a recovery of the operating system. I do not have a hard disk of the OS. I replaced the hard drive and then...