I'm trying to duct tape my wife's computer together for a bit longer. Here's the problem - it was continually looping to the startup screen, so I thought maybe it was a hard drive issue. I bought a new hard drive (Seagate ATA 80GB), set the jumper for master, and fired it up. I ran the hard drive install CD that came with the hard drive, then tried to install Windows Home. Windows Home says it can't find a hard drive to install to.
I built the system a couple years ago (Athlon Barton chip, 1 gig Corsair ram) but I'm not a techie at all. I did swap the RAM with the RAM from my computer (almost same exact specs as I built both systems within a few months of each other) and it didn't make any difference.
The system ran for a couple years just fine, until the looping issue and now this. Any suggestions on what to try next?
I built the system a couple years ago (Athlon Barton chip, 1 gig Corsair ram) but I'm not a techie at all. I did swap the RAM with the RAM from my computer (almost same exact specs as I built both systems within a few months of each other) and it didn't make any difference.
The system ran for a couple years just fine, until the looping issue and now this. Any suggestions on what to try next?