IBM ThinkCentre - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

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Windows10? Remove the cd drive through the hardware menu and restart the pc. It will reinstall the cddrive. Perhaps this will work open the computer, take carefully out the cd player at the end is an hole to manually open the tray. At least you can get out the dvd.

You may have to Reformat your hard drive first. The current hard rive may have a bad operating system on it or one that is newer than XP. In some cases, when a computer has a more current operating system installed, it will not allow an older operating system to write over it. That is why I said, reformat the hard drive. Remember, hardware drivers are written for Windows 10 now, so old drivers may not be functional any longer.

Try this link: IBM Thinkcentre A50 Changing HDD

Regarding settings not saving You mention that you removed the CMOS battery... You normally need a working CMOS battery [one that is not flat] for the computer to be able to remember changes to the BIOS settings. Regarding BIOS being in Spanish I would hope there would be a language option somewhere in the BIOS settings where you might be able to select English as the display language.

Is it a raid drive? If so you need to format it correctly. If not, check the bios setup and insure your uefi or ahci and legacy options are correct. Check the sata operation should be usb. Check that the boot sequence is in order. Give me more information and I'll help you

you should be able to load into windows recovery via the CD and go into command prompt to boot your recovery partition. try this first: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Rescue_and_Recovery If you need further help, reach me via phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/joel_63c670a84e9f6a97

fan working? cd rom drawer open and close? power on led working. hard drive spinning?

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it should do.

if you still have the manufactures recovery partition on your system use that it will reset your pc and drivers to the day of purchase

in video settings turn mirror image off (or turn monitor upside down)joking on last bit although it will work

easiest way is re install your operating system,or use another computer to find the boot manager for your hard drive.put it on a floppy disk.press f8 as you start your thinkcenter ,select floppy as first boot device.restart with floppy in the drive,

easiest way round this. press escape button when you have made your changes. window will pop up asking if you want to save changes and exit ...click yes.hope this helps.

write down the model number of the adapter go online and search for the driver may take a while but you should find a site offering the driver for free.if it is a fixed adapter the motherboard disc should have the required driver on it.hope this helps

whats the error you are getting

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you might try resetting the cmos then you might try using a usb keyboard. I use a usb wireless keyboard with a touchpad and it does the job. Good luck. After you clear the cmos and then turn it back on it should start re-decting the hardware.

Check the bios of the system and check the boot order.