Re: Computer will not boot up from diskette or CD-ROM

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In news:90C23928-7C59-4501-9DAB-3E6A2BEA0FC8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
sgtjdc <sgtjdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My computer running Win 2000 Pro. does not recognize the keyboard or
> the mouse. I tried to boot from a DOS diskette or a Norton Utilites
> CD-ROM but it goes to Windows and ask for ctrl-alt-del. I cannot
> inturrupt the boot setup either.
>
> Suggestions?

Check in your BIOS setup and set it to boot first to floppy, then to CD,
then to HDD.

Galen
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes


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