Re: Hardware Monitor found an error

thanks.. I finally did access bios with the floppy in the drive, and was
able to change the boot order.. but nothing happened after that.. I will
have to read Nepatsfan's post again.. thanks for responding. .Rainy
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 12:11:41 -0500, "Rainy" <sweetwrapz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ok I will try it, I have changed the boot order before.. but that is the
only thing I have done in the bios.. I think it's the delete key on mine..
What is the best way to configure the startup.. from the floppy first? or
do I change it according to the need?


My view is that the hard drive should normally be kept first in the
boot order, not the floppy.

Boot sector viruses aren't as common as they used to be, but they are
still around. If the floppy is set to boot first, and you happen to
have left a floppy in the drive, and that floppy happens to have a
boot sector virus on it, you're infected.

The risk may be small, but there's no reason to run it at all. The
hard drive should be kept as the first boot device, and it should be
changed to another device *only* when you need it.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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