Not a major problem but something I'm sure is easy to sort out when
you know how.

Basically, I have an old Compaq Deskpro en that I have as a second
computer which has worked fine for a few years now and still is.
However, yesterday I replaced the old 20Gig Hard Disk with a Western
Digital 80Gig (ATA not serial) and reinstalled Windows XP Home. The
one minor niggle I have and don't know how to resolve is during boot
up.

Both from cold or just restart I get presented with just the black
screen (prior to any windows screens) with the following words:

<snip>

The following configuration options where automatically updated:

DISK: 80026 MB ....
CD-ROM: HP-CD ....

If you are running Unix, you need to configure your system using the
computer setup utility (F10)

Compaq Desk Pro

:Save Changes  (This bit highlighted)

<snip>

At this stage all I need to do is hit F2 and the PC boots up fine
without any problems, but I wondered how I can get it to boot up
straight through?

I wondered whether it was trying to boot up from CD, but I don't seem
to be able to get to the 'post' screen (I think that's what you call
it) where I can check the boot order etc, my other PC I think was F8
to get to this, but that doesn't work on the Compaq.

Any help would be great.

Many thanks

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

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