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Date: | Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:30:43 -0400 |
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Hi listers,
I just had a new motherboard put into my Dell computer. I had just gotten
the computer the way I wanted it and the turn on button broke. The CPU
repair place could not get the button fixed, so replaced the power and
motherboard. I got the computer home with a new box and new mother board.
Saved all my important stuff on CD's and proceeded to format my hard drive.
I did not make a new boot disk, just used the one from this site, that I had
used before. The computer booted but would not stop at the A:/ prompt but
went right to the Win 98 screen and stayed there. I rebooted several times
using the Ctrl-alt-delete. There was nothing in the ctrl-alt-del window. I
am sure that somehow I erased the system bio's. I just do not know how it
happened.
I guess what I need to know is what did I do, and how could I have entered
the computer myself to fix this. I have the motherboard setup CD. Of
course they charged me $80.00 to get it running and to format my C drive. I
have never had trouble before this new motherboard, formatting my computer.
It is an Elite Group Mainboard, P6VEM2 board. Now I am afraid to ever
format myself.
Thanks in advance,
Camille Peterson
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