Re: upgraded motherboard - biosinfo.inf error occurs

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From: §kullywag©- (skullywag_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:27:07 GMT

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:03:48 -0700,
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Peter: thanks - however, I don't know how to upgrade the
>bios if I can't boot the system. I do not have a means to
>copy or store a new file or connect thru to the internet
>(except thru my other computer).
>>-----Original Message-----
>>It's just possible that your bios need an upgrade. I've
>found these people
>>helpful. http://www.esupport.com/
>>
>>--
>>Peter.
>>Toronto, Canada.
>>Windows XP Home SP2.
>>Pentium 4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
>>"Robert" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message
>>news:002201c4942d$2381ba00$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> We are pretty confident that the mother board is all
>>> setup correctly. We get an error "windows cannot start
>>> because the following file is missing or corrupted:
>>> winnt/inf/biosinfo.inf"
>>>
>>> It tells to try using windows disc to repair it, but we
>>> can't get into windows to repair. Any key we press at
>>> this point just restarts the boot process and takes us
>to
>>> the same error point.
>>>
>>> We have tried a MS-Dos boot disk - that will not open
>>> either.
>>>
What you need to do is a "Repair Install". For info on how to do
this, check here for full instructions:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

§kullywag©-

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