Hello everyone, i hope the way i explain things won’t get everyone wound up, i might not be very technical.
Last week or so i installed the latest windows update, but after restarting my pc it kept saying ‘80 conductor cable not found’ at the very beginning, and windows won’t load. So i looked up the cable on the internet (on another pc obviously) and decided to go and buy one, but when i installed it my pc kept trying to boot instead of loading the black windows XP screen with the loading bar. I tried to see if i could do anything in dos to help my pc recognize the new cable, but i couldn’t do anything (being a non-pro at this)
I really need to update to an 80 conductor cable so i must know what’s causing my pc not to detect it, i am well aware of its purpose plus now i cannot update my windows, i’m stuck with no updates since i formated it now to use it.
My pc is a pentium 4, 2.66Ghz, 1.5G ram, roughly 6 years old and has got a 4 month old hard drive. It has a new 500W power supply as well (basically everything in it is new ish, apart from the mother board). Using windows XP pro.
Thanks everyone for your time.
