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Originally Posted by wholeeo So I change the case, install a new CPU cooler, and it still locks up during boot at times, even at bios. I think I've figured it out, it may be a bad IDE hard drive. The computer has 2 old IDE hard drives which one I have occasionally noticed disappear when I'm in Windows. Thing is though the PC does not boot into Windows without these drives plugged in. Well at least one of them.. I tried unplugging them and fixing the MBR but for whatever reason the bootsec program doesn't let me. Gives me an error of "Element not found."

lol. of course you cant boot into windows if the hdd containing windows isnt present.
ive never seen a bad hdd stop a pc from posting. it may be possible, but ive never experienced it

 

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aww shoot hyujmn. yep. was told the same thing happened to a coworkers mothers pc.
she couldnt even reinstall windows. replaced the batt and now no problems.