hi.
after i set the time correct.
i restarted the comp, same error, but no problems with time this time.

any possible conclusion are there any dangers with this error?

because at this stage i dont want to loose my windows stuff if it happens.

If you have a way to back up your stuff, I'd suggest you look into it, just in case.
Which... reminds me that I haven't backed up my stuff in several months. _really_ need to do that.

Hi.
couldn't you go to somewhere like pc world to see if you can explain it to them to fix it.
sorry if that is a bad serjestion but that is all i can think of. oh yeah and back up your files and folders! maybe on to an extornal hardrive it will help a lot.

hi very off topic but spledid thought where did you get your signicher from? i like it.

hi.
well, software people charge "money", sometimes its way on top.

and i dont think my parents want to call any person now, because they want an alternative excuse that computer is not working at all, lol.

well for now, as soon as the comp is oppened, i get the error which says press () f4 to resume, and i'm using windows xp 23 bit, when should i press what to check bios settings?
and if the bios setting are lost or something wrong happens, what would it cause my computer ?
or if something really nasty happens because of the board failure, would my d and e drives be safe? or they are in danger as well.

i'm very anxious...!

the issue is getting more worse than before,
yesterday i got an error when i opened internet explorer after starting thecomputer.
it was something like this , microsoft visual studio c++ library error, the programme has requested to terminate or blah blah blah blah, abort, retry, and ignore were the option, and none other than abort would calm down this error, they would make it repeat over and over again.

the same problem was with mozillah foxfire.

any advices?

and my concerns are mostly to do with my storage in d and e drives, so any possible suggestions?

note, here is what i've to do to open up the comp safely...
switch on .
a dialogue, press f4 for the setup.
f4 pressed.
bios setup , etc.
f10 to save and exit,
then enter,
and then it opens slowly somehow.
and each time i open it, the time is january 1, 2006 12 AM.

I hope that my computer is not in a condition to be send to an old equipment recycling store? lol.

The sytem drive is C correct? The information on drives D and E drives are safe. A complaint about microsoft visual studio c++ library error is probably an indication of a missing file .  The files for Visual Studio are in two setup packages: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package. Get these setup packages and install. I have the packages if you need them. Regards, Chess Dave

Hello Sid, It is possible the little battery on the board is dead. Check all the physical connections on the board and the drive and the mouse and the keyboard. Is the computer a laptop or a desktop please? David

hi,

what exactly do you mean by checking all physical connections?
as for the connections of the cpu, all of them, keyboard, mouse, moniter, and every possible plug is correct.

i'm using a desktop, windows xp sp3 32 bit, 1 gb ram aprox, 2.80 ghz processor, intel.

and as far as my memory recalls, the board is placed inside the cpu?

what exactly the problem might be?

although my important stuff is saved in d and e drives, there is no posible way to back up them to an external source, because i cant place somewhat 20 gb in a cd with around 600 mb capacity, or neither i could place them into pen drives with around 4 gb capacity.

and this is occuring every time the computer is oppened.

hi slj
sorry for the eloquence thing, i'm really serious with this topic.

and, i've no idea whether an external hardrive is available anywhere near my locality or not, since i tried at looking at 4 or 5 nearby shops, but no luck.

or if it is available somewhere, it might be very expensive as 1 dollar is equalt to more then 50 indian rupees.

but at first i'm not able to find an external harddrive near by though.

and again for reference, i get this type of error.

legacy keyboard detected, legacy mouse detected, legacy usb detected, error in drive a:
press f4 to resume.

hence there is no drive named a in my computers folder...

and many times i get the bios setup screen, but saving and exiting is not usefull since i get those at every startup often.

regards

Hi

Hmmm, if it's a detection issue, i don't know.
I don't know if this works on xp, or if xp even has this feature, but i'm wondering myself.
If you press f8 while your computer starts, you can choose to do a system recovery like in windows 7. It will restore your computer back to factory settings though you'll have to have sighted assistence and back up your stuff.
The f8 thing might not be the right key, but i'm thinking of doing it myself on this tosheba xp laptop to see if my science invasion related sound errors go away.
You can try that, but I havn't tested it myself so I don't know how it works. I think it's either f8 or f11. Press it as the pc is turning on.
This is just 1 suggestion, but it may very well be a hardware issue.