Is the BIOS set (as a default/shipped value) to stop changes to the boot entry on the drive?
Other diagnostic approaches: Have you tried to boot this system from a drive with windows and/or DOS already installed using a different system Will a Bart CD boot and run, allowing you to access the hard drive (floppy) and USB ( hard drive possibly to have partitions already defined on it, and perhaps even formatted, with at least 1 txt file to be viewed) JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Funck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: Re: pc shutdown > > Also, the power supply was mentioned as one of the > > components that was swapped out. > > Correction: the PSU was _not_ mentioned as one of the components > that was swapped out. [more coffee] > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
