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Are you sure you're back to factory settings? That 25 character number sounds like the Certificate of Authentication (COA) key for the Operating System. Look on the side and back of your computer for the COA Sticker. It tells you what Operating System you have and it will have a series of 5 letters and numbers (25 to be exact) that is the key to validate and activate your operating system.

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Remove the power cord, remove the case. Look inside the computer where the hard drive sits in the by and make sure the power cable from the power supply is connected good and the Interface Cable that runs from the motherboard to the hard drive is connected good.

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to IDE-1 means Pri slave escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart you will have to have master with slave set up you can find the jumper location next to the power on a hard drive and the settings for plastic jumper location is usually printed on the top of a hard drive IDE-0 means Pri master IDE-1 means Pri slave IDE-2 means Sec master IDE-3 means Sec slave single or master ::::: master with slave ::':: slave :::': black line between dots is plastic jumper note the plastic jumper is ' located at the rear of the hard drive between the EIDE and electrical lead/s

Hope this helps you

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to hook the computer to the tv you do not need a disk ..basically you need to have a pretty good video card on computer so that it will have a hdmi video out ..and this way it will work on hdmi ..or if it has a tv slot ..use it ..and select the proper input on the tv ..If there is no image on the tv ...you have to go to the video settings ..and select to enable the secondary monitor or tv out..for some computers you can do this by pressing Fn and F5 or F4 or F7 ..(or ctrl = f....) ..and will enable it auto ..but ..it is best to make sure you have teh correct driver for the video card ..and after the connection being made with the cable ..and select the correct entry in the tv ...just go to the video card settings ..or click right on desktop ..and select properties and than display settings ..or ..settings ..and on the page where it shows the monitors..click on the secondary and enable it ..and select the way it will work ..(clone or extend display ..second one will make the monitor an extension and you can select different tasks for the space )

I suggest that if really want to keep tour PC and have some $$$ (200) then buy a poer supply and a mobo and replace it.

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It is possible the drivers are missing or corrupt and need to be reinstalled. You can do this via the internet or use the disc that came with the computer.

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remove the card from the slot .clean the contacts with eraser and fix it back

You'll need to buy & install a network-card to add Ethernet networking to the computer.
Then, use an 8-wire Ethernet-cable to connect to your router.

Try this, go to control panel, select Power Options, make sure the section that says "When I press the power button" it says shut down the computer.
You may also want to check in the BIOS where it says what do you want to do when you press the power button, you want both to say to shut off the PC.
I hope this helps.
Good Luck and have a pleasent day.

If you have an extra pci slot then you can buy yourself a network adapter card. There are plenty available on your local shop or on ebay. You can choose from wireless, wired or one that comes with both.

Hope this helps.

You must either recover that file from a backup, copletely reinstall windows, or use the Windows Recovery disk that came with your computer to repair the partition.

It wont be free but it will be cheap. Call emachines and request an ew set of recovery discs.

as soon as you see the post screen just as it turns on start pressing F8

replace the hard drive if motherboard checks out fine