Good evening, I have recently run into a problem that I have not seen before. I was setting up a new computer and everything went as usual. I partitioned the hard drive into two partitions. C: is 90% of the drive, and D: is 10%. I set the first partition as active, re-booted and then formatted both drives. I began to install windows 98, and during the first re-boot of the install, it stopped with message telling me it couldn't boot, please insert boot CD. I double checked everything I had done, and checked the boot sequence in the BIOS. Everything looked like it should be fine. I tried a second hard drive with the same results. I took the hard drive home and tried it in a working machine. The hard drive would not boot. Tonight in a class that I teach, one of my students was building his first computer, and he had the same exact problem. He is using a totally different motherboard, and the only thing both situations seem to have in common, is that they are all Western Digital drives purchased in the past few weeks, and the same boot disk was used to fdisk and format the drives. Has anyone else had this problem? Any ideas? Elizabeth Boston Elizabeth Boston Moderator/Senior Editor The NOSPIN Group [log in to unmask] http://www.computerladyshop.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/01 Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml