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To: Chickensoup

You have a harware problem. The beeping noise and lights are telling you the boot sequence has been interupted.

That said, you may have a corrupted boot sector on your hard drive. If your computer is more than 5 years old and you haven’t performed any disk maintainence tasks, I’d say that’s the most likely case.

You can call TigerDirect if you have some time to kill but you’d be better off taking it to your local computer fix-it store. And if it is over 5 years old, don’t get it fixed, just get the files off it and copy them onto a new computer.


12 posted on 11/29/2007 4:48:39 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Incorrigible

We used a different screen. This computer is not connected to the internet. Were able to get in up and when I hit control/alt/del the screeen was saying that the comuputer

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Got it back up!! Removed an old version of Systematec 2003. and something called digital square. Back on the old steam-powered screen. all my years at FR and the wonderful guidance I have received helped me have the courage to conquor.

Homeschooling continues!

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17 posted on 11/29/2007 5:25:38 AM PST by Chickensoup (If it is not permitted, it is prohibited. Only the government can permit....)
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