Is my computer going bad? PLEASE HELP!!!!

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RobertR.
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i turned on my computer yesterday, and windows did not load. It came to the boot menu and i selected "last good known configuration". Windows was about to load but then it crashed. I tried to reformat my computer, but when I put in the windows xp cd, it says "NO BOOTABLE MEDIA"( or something related to that). I tried the windows xp CD on my other computer and it worked. If the cd-rw drive on my computer is dead, it is a sudden death because it was working fine the day before. I need help ASAP!!!
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ajzchips
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Check the power and IDE cables...
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RobertR.
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i checked the cables and they still dont work
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cp
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Is it the same machine that suffered heat problems running without a fan (aka without active cooling)?
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RobertR.
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yes, it is the same machine. but i changed the cpu cooler a while back, and i switched back over to the intel pentium MMX processor (which runs very cool) 4 weeks before it died.
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