Mark, Try F1 or F2 with the pavillion, usually one or the other on HP. Kenny ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:53 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] hp pavillion > Hi, > A friend came over with an HP Pavillion- 333 celeron w/ 64 megs and a 4 gig > hd, running windows 98se. It was working fine, she shut it down, started up the > next day and got a blinking cursor. I tried to run the recovery disk but got > nowhere. I threw in a new 40 gig harddrive and was able to load the the whole > thing on the hd, but when I started up I got an error message "Invalid VxD > dynamic link call to device number 3, service B. Your windows configuration is > invalid. Run Windows setup program again to correct this problem." > I tried to get into the bios, using del on startup, but I was unsuccessful. > Is this normal with HP? > I tried loading XP pro, but after loading it in, I got an error number 4 > message. > Any ideas? > Mark Hayden > > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech > support at our newest website: > http://freepctech.com The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com