On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:54:43 -0400, you wrote:
If there was ever a reason to use a BART-PE. However not for an older
system.
You probably have a dead Hdd but then you've already guessed that.
One word for a friend in trouble and don't want hassle - DELL not the best
but cheap and it works.
Sorry Guys.
Hugh
>On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 20:05:45 +0100, JimB wrote:
>
>>If the system will not boot from floppy, and not even try the floppy drive,
>>and you have not played with the floppy connections,
>>have disconnected the hard drive interface cable, and set the BIOS to boot
>>from the floppy:.
>
>What's the best word to use when helping friends with their computer woes?
>"Don't" comes to mind. <sigh>
>
>Thanks for your helpful suggestions, Jim. I was able to boot to the floppy
>when no
>HD or CD were present. Now, with my two older (system compatible) HDs I get an
>accurate AUTO detection, but the error message (cycle) is to press any key to
>reboot, so it doesn't boot from the HDs or floppy notwithstanding my BIOS
>choice.
>I'll keep trying for awhile and give up, methinks...
>--
>cheers, Stephen
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