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James Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:23:46 -0800
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At 6:23 PM -0500  on 1/3/00,  in the message "Re: [PCBUILD] CD ROM &
C:\ "Invalid Boot Device"??" you wrote:
>
>
>         What is your booting order set in the BIOS? It is possible that the
>computer is being directed to look at the CDROM to boot and then the
>harddrive; perhaps the CDROM drive does not support booting or is not
{SNIP}
I didn't change boot order, and there wasn't a CD in the computers
prior to this, so I shouldn't expect it to be listed as a boot device
in the BIOS, but that is a good idea and I'll look.
(However, if that was the problem, I would expect it to either pass
the CD, and boot off the HD, or to have the problem every time,
instead of sometimes booting, and sometimes not.)

James Edwards
Instructional Technology Consultant
Instructional Technology Services
Adams Humanaties-1109, MC-8114
San Diego State University
San Diego, Ca. 92182-8114
(619) 594-5727
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