Hey Mark,
 A long shot here, but it happened to me - Go back into the Bios, and get on 
that page where your IDE devices are listed, and make sure your HDD is 
registered there. Got a box in yonder that was doing about the same thing 
yours is doing, and every time I turn it off, it tries to reboot to the A:\, 
until I go into the Bios and re-register the IDE. Yes - I hit the save key 
before exiting.
 Ken Hollingsworth

 On Apr 6, 2005 8:27 AM, Mark Doll <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> 
> I have a HP Pavalion.Im trying to fdisk and format.Im not having any 
> problems with the fdisk part, its the format and install.
> Once the format is finished and you hit the volume and hit enter, the 
> computer next goes the the a:\ prompt.
> Ive tried turing the computer off and running the system restore disks, 
> but it seems the computer doesnt reconize the drive.
> If i boot from the A drive with a start up disk I end up at the A drive.
> I also went into the bios and changed the boot order so the cd drive would 
> boot first, but that didnt seem to help either.
> I assume that anyone with computer savy realizes that Im not doing 
> something that is probally simple.On that note if anyone has a soultion to 
> my problem, it would be greatly appericated if you explain it in a step by 
> step order.
> 
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