At 03:24 PM 11/24/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I tried booting and nothing happens. I inserted the WIN 98 start disk and
>nothing. This is the messages I get before a get a blank screen and a
>flashing cursor:
How young was this person, teenager?
If a program is failing to load (which will cause a hang after hardware
checks are done) then you may want to try hitting Esc twice.
It could be unrelated, but he/she could have deleted files or even put
something in the floppy drive. Step into the bios setup and see what is
says. Make sure boot from floppy first is selected.
With the exception of a hardware problem or damaged MBR, if the Esc+Esc
works, then would check the system for a keylogger or some type of
trojan. Also, make sure you check the bios settings; I have seen bios
settings mysteriously change somehow.
If the above doesn't work, then try and hold down the Control Key while
booting and see if you get the system boot menu.
/Jay
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