How do I stop my computer from giving me the message "Windows - No Disk" ?
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Check the drive you are using.  If this is a floppy drive you may need to purchase a new one.  These Days most people are using thumb drives instead of floppies though so you may want to look into that...
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IF you are not getting the message " It is safe to turn off " There may be different reasons \nyou can use the scan disk to scan the harddisk for errors or bad sectors. \nThere may be some process which is running in the background which does not allow the system to shut down. you will have to find out .
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install antivirus and check once....\nif u r getting a dialogue box saying that ur system is shutting down in 1 minute or something like that then\nopen command prompt\ntype shutdown -a
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Click Start-Run- type 'msconfig' (without the'') and click ok. System configuration utility will open. Click on 'Startup' tab. Uncheck the box of the program you wish to stop from starting with Windows and click apply. Close all and restart computer. When restarting a message will appear. Just tell it not to show message anymore. You'll understand what i mean when u see it :-)
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Usually when an error box pops up in XP you can click somewhere to view a little more information about that error.  Check for .dll or .exe files in the details info and search your HDD for the files.  If the files exist in a certain programs folder, you know that program might be causing it and disable/un-install that program.  If you get a set of code, or a windows .exe file in the details info, you should search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for that specific error message.
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A sledge hammer, just kidding, though that would probably work, in order to make sure no data can be read from your hard drive you need to wipe it with random data many many times, 7 being the bare minimum, and 35 being the industry standard, or a hundred or more if you're really paranoid. \n\nYou can easily do this with a program called boot and nuke:\nhttp://dban.sourceforge.net/\n\nYou of course will have to reinstall your operating system after doing this, and all of your files will be forever gone so make backups of any you want to keep.
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open up my computer, right click on your c drive, goto properties and click the tools tab, from there you can check for disk errors and defragment your hard drive. the third oprtion for back up is handy but requires a device to store large amounts of date, if you have a dvd burner that will work fine too. Other tasks to preform routine maint click on the general tab, and next to the pie chart is a button that states Disk clean up. this will help you remove files that windows has determined as unnecessary. a final option routine maintenace would be updating your anit-virus definitions and running a complete system scan, and preforming both adware and spybot scans.\n\nIf you do not have an anti-virus program try this, its free:\n\nhttp://free.grisoft.com\n\nAdware removal:\n\nwww.lavasoft.com\n\nSpybot removal:\n\nwww.safer-networking.org/en/download/\n\nalso the biggest thing you can do for your operating system is make sure you keep it uptodate by going here:\n\nhttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
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do a complete wipe and reload after backing up your files because what you did was put 2 copys of windows on top of each other when one wasnt working
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if u want to solve this problem first of all that cause by a software damage or by hardware damage i think the best think to avoid that problem is to format your hard's part that contain the windows mean problem and then install a new one but if there isa good program installed in your system that u can't let them go i suggest to use the windows cd to repear the problem and use norton tools to repear the hard disk phisically this norton tool is found in the main cd of norton system work and it work under dos and itis very very good \nhave a good day ... bay
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Insert your Windows Operating System disk and reboot.  Check the BIOS settings if it won't reboot.   Once you reboot, begin the installation.  When it gets to the point of WHERE, select that partition for Deletion, then allow the installation program to format the hard drive.  \n\nIf you do not have the Windows installation disk, GET ONE. \n\nGood luck
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1- close all the programs that you don't use\n2- disable the system tray icons that starts when windows starts.\n3- uninstall programs that you don't use \n4- keep some empty space in the c directory ( where the windows os is installed )\n5- scan you computer for viruses and spyware periodicly\n6-check for hardware problems
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try to reinstall windows .. or format the hard disk and install a fresh copy
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First off, open the program that's causing the problem and go to it's preferences and look for the option that says start with windows, or something similar.  This is the best way to do it.\n\nIf that doesnt work, goto the start menu, run, and type msconfig.  On the last tab is startup, uncheck the programs that are giving you the problems.
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Windows is the problem :)
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click start-all programs-go into the start up folder-delete the my computer that is in there. this stop that from happening. good luck
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delete stuff you dont use. goto the control panel then add/remove programs and delete what you dont use. also try backing up pics and music on a dvd disc. also you can get another hard drive(turn it into a slave drive). goto newegg.com you can get a 200gb hdd for $100 or so
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may have to re-install windows