Could be the BIOS memory got clobbered, in which case it's possible the drive is OK. Not likely, but worth checking.
> New PC. Too old to try to resuscitate. > > > The computer is a Dell XPS 1 Gz. Pentium III with 256K rdram. It can't > > be upgraded to Windows XP according to Dell. My daughter uses it for > > games and internet access. What is the best course of action? Buy a > > cheapie PC or buy a new disk drive? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
