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Old 01-05-2004, 07:08 PM
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i use windows me and suddenly the other day my computer stopped reading media files. I tried all different players and nothing worked it just tries to open the file and then after waiting a while i push stop wich causes the computer to freeze it wont work for video or audio files of any sort.
Also my keyboard suddenly is acting weird doulbe typing pushing keys when i dont touch them.
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Old 01-05-2004, 09:34 PM
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Old 01-05-2004, 11:01 PM
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Old 01-06-2004, 03:08 PM
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my videos work in safe mode though and quicktime will only work in safe mode as well. if i reformat i will have to try and find all my disks. any suggestions of what might cause this would be helpfull
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Old 01-06-2004, 03:37 PM
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go to run, msconfig and disable all startup entries
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Old 01-06-2004, 10:53 PM
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i just discovered my flooppy drive is not working how else can i reformat with out a startup disk
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Old 01-07-2004, 01:31 AM
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boot off a different drive and format it in my computer or dos
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Old 01-08-2004, 10:50 PM
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Go to BIOS settings and tell it to go to the CD-ROM for first boot device and burn yourself a boot cd or use an OS CD.
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