Chances are your new system was set to boot from the hard drive before floppy. Getting into the BIOS setup (F2 on a Dell, I think) and look for something about "Boot Order" - Wayne Copeland >>> [log in to unmask] 8/8/02 5:30:43 AM >>> Hi listers, I just had a new motherboard put into my Dell computer. I had just gotten the computer the way I wanted it and the turn on button broke. The CPU repair place could not get the button fixed, so replaced the power and motherboard. I got the computer home with a new box and new mother board. Saved all my important stuff on CD's and proceeded to format my hard drive. I did not make a new boot disk, just used the one from this site, that I had used before. The computer booted but would not stop at the A:/ prompt but went right to the Win 98 screen and stayed there. I rebooted several times using the Ctrl-alt-delete. There was nothing in the ctrl-alt-del window. I am sure that somehow I erased the system bio's. I just do not know how it happened. I guess what I need to know is what did I do, and how could I have entered the computer myself to fix this. I have the motherboard setup CD. Of course they charged me $80.00 to get it running and to format my C drive. I have never had trouble before this new motherboard, formatting my computer. It is an Elite Group Mainboard, P6VEM2 board. Now I am afraid to ever format myself. Thanks in advance, Camille Peterson [log in to unmask] The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com