Brought two computers

[Rapidshare]

Hey, I brought two computers off ebay that was used in a company with networking servers and stuff.

I switch it on, and it starts up normally blahblah, and a 'Log in to windows' pops up asking for password and username to log in to 'INT'

I clicked 'Log on to' WS-blahblah-232 (this computer)and used the default admin accounts, could not log me in anyways.

Now I wanna reformat the PC, I put 2/3 discs with different XP's versions and it still loading from the harddrive even though I turned the harddrive to disabled on boot....

Tried booting by CD and everything, it just loads from hardrive (i think or running from disc, i doubt tho..)

Any ideas, becasue the two computers are useless to me at the moment -.-

[leer34$]

Cool! :D

Edited by Garion (Assistant General Manager): Please do not post pointlessly.

[Apolva]

I assume you told it to boot from CD in the BIOS (ie. boot sequence CD, HDD)

In which case I'd unplug the SATA/PATA cable from the HD and try to boot from the CD.

You could perhaps try a live-cd to wipe the HD with Gparted, then proceed to boot the XP installation disc.

[Rapidshare]

It booted in to a vista CD then I realized It needed XP instead..

Now it does not boot in to XP Discs(I tried all and they are bootable..) It keeps coming up with some bootmanager crap?

Here it is


BootManage UNDI, PXE-2.0 (Build 084)
BootManage PXE-2.0 PROM 1.1 AN983 4.20 SDK 3.0/084 (OEM73)
Copyright (C) 1989,2003 bootix Technology GmbH D-41466 Neuss
PXE Software Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Intel Corporation
Licenced To FSC GmbH

CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 30 05 B7 9E 66 GUID 0F3955EA-449D-11DA-8F22-003005B79E66
PXE-E51: No DHCP or ProxyDHCP offers were received

PXE-M0F: Exiting BootManage PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

Remember this was set up for office use as I imagine that all computers were hooked up to a server. Im talking about a big company..I dunno if it was a bank or something like that..

The computer is Scenic edition x102

Here are the specs:

http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/pc-desktops/fujitsu-siemens-scenic-edition-x102/

(Scroll down)

[Apolva]

Check to see if there's a CMOS reset jumper on your motherboard and give it a try.

[Recursion]

A computer is a computer, you've either configured the BIOS wrong or the discs aren't bootable. Being connected to a corporate domain effects none of this.

That PXE boot you posted above is trying to look for a TFTP server with answer files over the network (and is nothing to do with it being an "office" machine, most computers will fall back to this if it can't find another boot medium nowadays.)

[Rapidshare]

I realized the hardrive is around 20GB only and is called Boot (X:)

Any ideas?

BIOS is fine, confusing to use as keyboard via USB doesnt work...

All disc are bootable, resetted my CMOS by removing battery for 30 mins.

When I tried installing vista on it, it cant find any hardrives? same went for installing XP

any ideas?

[Recursion]

I realized the hardrive is around 20GB only and is called Boot (X:)

Any ideas?

BIOS is fine, confusing to use as keyboard via USB doesnt work...

All disc are bootable, resetted my CMOS by removing battery for 30 mins.

When I tried installing vista on it, it cant find any hardrives? same went for installing XP

any ideas?


Are the drives SATA? They might need drivers loading before install.

[Rapidshare]

Are the drives SATA? They might need drivers loading before install.


How can I find out? Would it tell me on the harddrive if i look in it?

[N!ck]

At 20GB they're definitely not SATA.

[Rapidshare]

This gets worse and worse...


Might as well ship one of the computers to you guys to have a crack at it lol "/

Once again, any ideas?

[Johno]

This is a wild stab in the dark, but is it possible that the drives are jumped to be slaves (since they were connected to a network and presumably booted from that network) and would need to be jumped to master drives? Im presuming it's not this, but I am struggling to think of anything else!

[Recursion]

This is a wild stab in the dark, but is it possible that the drives are jumped to be slaves (since they were connected to a network and presumably booted from that network) and would need to be jumped to master drives? Im presuming it's not this, but I am struggling to think of anything else!

They wouldn't have come up with an XP login screen as he said it did if it was booting over the network.

[Adamm]

Where did you bring them?

[Rapidshare]

This is a wild stab in the dark, but is it possible that the drives are jumped to be slaves (since they were connected to a network and presumably booted from that network) and would need to be jumped to master drives? Im presuming it's not this, but I am struggling to think of anything else!


They wouldn't have come up with an XP login screen as he said it did if it was booting over the network.

ergh, computer cant find hardrive when I want to install something on it, but still carrrys on booting to main screen..

Imma cry soon lol


Where did you bring them?

Say again, I dunno if your asking where I can bring them or where I brought them?

I brought them off ebay

[Johno]

I think he is saying that because the title is "Brought two computers" rather than "Bought"

[Rapidshare]

I think he is saying that because the title is "Brought two computers" rather than "Bought"


Ahaha, I didnt know that :/

[Rapidshare]

Im yanking out my harddrive out of my computer and putting it in the old one, see how it goes, will update thread...

[Rapidshare]

LOOOL, I found out how I did it,

I removed the cable out of the harddrive (dunno what one cos its different to mine) and plugged in another cable that would be used for the 2nd hardrive and it all worked from there...

The thing is, why didnt it work before? What was the certain cable wouldnt let me detect the harddrive?

[Colin-Roberts]

it was set to cable select instead of a proper boot order maybe

[The Professor]

LOOOL, I found out how I did it,

I removed the cable out of the harddrive (dunno what one cos its different to mine) and plugged in another cable that would be used for the 2nd hardrive and it all worked from there...

The thing is, why didnt it work before? What was the certain cable wouldnt let me detect the harddrive?

Don't question it, it works :P

[Apolva]

Did you replace a 40-wire PATA cable with an 80-wire (thinner wires)?

[Rapidshare]

Don't question it, it works :P

Ahaha, I was thinking that -.-


Did you replace a 40-wire PATA cable with an 80-wire (thinner wires)?

Nope, same socket and plug ins, just different wire lol?