One other thought...is there a CD in the CDRom drive? The computer might
be trying to boot from there...
Tony Mayer
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> My Autistic daughter was given a gateway computer running WinXP PRO
> Everything was fine until a few days ago, the computer will not boot, It will
> stop on a black screen with white letters(Remember DOS?) The error is
> something like this
> ( WRONG DISK IN PLACE INSERT THE CORRECT BOOT DISK) I checked the dsrive,
> nothing in place, the floppy ribbon has a small area that looks like it was poked
> thru. I checked this ribbon and there are no wires that seem to be
> crossed/shorted or any other visable wire issue so I purchased a new floppy drive,
> installed it and got same error I even removed power and the ribbon off and I still
> get error. My wonderful sweet special needs daughter feels awful that she
> can't use it. all help appreciated
> Philippe Beaulieu
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