Computer reboots over and over again

[crazyman143]

well that explains why we were confused! I always wondered what a sata drive was... guess now I know.

It doesn't seem likely that it's his power supply.... two hard drives don't take that much power do they?

 

[Dishdog]

It might be enough to push the system off the edge,lol. it has for mine when i installed a second HDD.i had a 350watt and i had to upgrade.

 

[Ochd]

I tried it again, and this time another drive does show up on My Computer, but it says it's a DVD drive.

EDIT: Never mind. That one seems to be showing up now whether the drive is plugged in or not.

 

[Ochd]

I've been reading up on other forums about why my old computer seems to freeze up starting Safe Mode, and a lot of people talk about using Recovery Console by booting off the Windows CD. Unforunately, I don't think it came with a Windows CD, just a recovery CD that wants to format the drive.

 

[crazyman143]

maybe if you know of a friend who has a computer that supports ATA drives he/she would let you use it to transfer your files. just an idea.

About Repairing it with recovery console and such, I wouldn't risk it. I think its possible for you to loose data that way.

 

[spankflavored]

Am I the only one that noticed that the names and IP address you used matches these.

spankfusion
spankythedog
spank_fission
spank_flavored
spank_fusion
spank_fyusion

That's a permanent ban again...