Bigfish6969uk
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Hi all I'm back lol. Quick update on my problem. Finally got a nephew round to help me and he used both methods as described in this thread to reinstall my hard drive and on both occasions the machine still failed. He went through all the diagnostics and everything seemed ok, then i told him about it trying to connect to the internet although it wasn't plugged in to a modem. So back into the settings he went, deleting the IP address and inputting some more numbers and hey presto everything works. Not sure what ip he put in but if anyone else gets the same problem i can always ask him. So chuffed its all working. Also a great big thank you to everyone who has helped me especially Mahkeymike and megatouchmike. Thank you again.