Ok, I followed the advice given and opened up the computer.  I unplugged everything and then plugged it back in, making sure a good connection was made.  When I turned the computer back on, I still had the “Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility” message – just as before.  So, I rebooted using the boot disk and this time managed to navigate to the CD Drive, which is labeled as R.  I used the dir command and was able to see the entire contents of the Windows XP CD.  However, it says I am not able to install from DOS.  Any advice on how I proceed from this point?

Tim Seaton

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