computer not starting

[granddad]

Hi all
can anyone help me out I have a computer that refuses to start
I would like some help on how I repair the start up menu
thanks for any help on this matter

 

[mighty_chick]

it wont start at all meaning it wont even go to the loading screen or it doesnt do anything at all? if it gets to the loading screen im thinking some currupted files or maybe something with bios. if it doesnt start at all check your connectors and if you did anything to it lately try starting it without that thing that you've done.

 

[Steven11]

If was you i would put more detail. What happens? Put a lot more detail

 

[mighty_chick]

yes and post your specs.

 

[granddad]

computer not working

thanks to all of you that have tried to help me on this matter
here are some details of what I have done so far;
I have reformated the harddrive, I then got up c:\ I then type in dir
this gave me a list of all the files on my harddrive then came up with the following volume in drive c is ramdrive
test drive p/o 10 05-02-2.09
hdd < dir > 05-02-05 2.09p
ram <dir > 05-02-05 2.09p
error 57 05.02-05 2.10
3files
2dirs

 

[mighty_chick]

but how are you doing all this is the computer is not starting...

 

[granddad]

I may have missled you by saying it did not start
I should have said it does not accept any os
thanks once again for your help

 

[mighty_chick]

is the hd formatted for fat32? what errors are you getting if any?

 

[granddad]

Hi There
it does not show upthe type of errors nor is it
formatted for fat32 it is an old 486 packard bell computer

 

[mighty_chick]

what OS are you trying to put on it because im 100% positive that windows xp needs it to be formatted for FAT32 before it'll install. not sure about the others though