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Re: Boot problem
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Freeman Mendell <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:09:52 -0500
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Thank everyone for all the suggestions. Someone suggested the other day
that I delete and recreate the primary dos partition. That did the
trick. I can now install an operating system and boot from the hard
drive. No more mysterious reboots.

Joe Lore wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Go back to basics.  Since you said you inherited this machine.
>
>Did you check for a Virus on the Hard Drive, with a Clean, write protected,
>virus detection boot disk?
>
>                         PCBUILD's List Owners:
>                      Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                       Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
>
>
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Galveston County Auditor's Office
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