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Title: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 11:49:33 AM: ok i flip hard drives a few weeksw back and the hard drive was built for anouther compurter and now i have no sound and only 16 bit color. if i put in a newer windows would that fix this ??? i have 98 and someone told me they would give me ME ???

Thanks for your help
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: mirth on August 21, 2004, 11:52:35 AM: avoid winme like the plague. Sounds like you need drivers for your hardware, brah.
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 11:53:41 AM: is there a programe i can download to get there it work fine in the other com. but onece i flip. :P
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: kev B on August 21, 2004, 12:11:23 PM: Quote from: mirth on August 21, 2004, 11:52:35 AM
avoid winme like the plague.

I will 2nd this! WinME=garbage.
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: rokpunk on August 21, 2004, 12:26:25 PM: Quote from: Justin McCabe on August 21, 2004, 11:49:33 AM
ok i flip hard drives a few weeksw back and the hard drive was built for anouther compurter and now i have no sound and only 16 bit color. if i put in a newer windows would that fix this ??? i have 98 and someone told me they would give me ME ???

Thanks for your help

do you have 2 hard drives, both with windows installed, on the same system? i'm not exactly clear on what the problem you are having is.

/wishing ts.com had built in spell check
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 12:43:52 PM: no i have one hd in from anouther compurter :P sorry about my spelling :P
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: Simp-Dawg on August 21, 2004, 02:15:25 PM: you need to download the drivers for your video card and sound card it seems. you took the hard drive out of another pc and put it in yours, it may not correctly recognize the new hardware.
definitely do not bother with win me. it will end up causing more problems. it's like the bastard crackbaby child of 98 and 2000.
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 02:34:17 PM: hehehe where do i find drivers at ??? i was hopeing to find a programe that will fix it all but couldent. ??
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: sygdwm on August 21, 2004, 02:35:16 PM: driverguide.com
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 02:37:24 PM: thanks for all your help ill give everyone a +T in a little bit. ;)
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 03:58:07 PM: +T to all thank yous. ;)
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: hoobash on August 21, 2004, 04:41:18 PM: If your machine is fast enough you need to upgrade to win 2000/xp. If not you should reinstall win98 and update drivers.
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: owen on August 21, 2004, 04:59:35 PM: ok im stupid how do i do that just stick in the disk ?? to re install 98
Title: Re: Compurter Qustion HELP
Post by: mirth on August 21, 2004, 11:12:32 PM: At this point I'd recommend you find the geekiest friend you know & ask for help.