Re: Help XP System wont boot!!

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"Bobby28" <Bobby28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have an XP system that had an error, it was froze up in a program, when I
>rebooted the xp logo screen just kept scrolling across. I powered down the
>system and now I get a blinking cursor, and then a message saying "Reboot and
>select proper boot device, or insert boot media"
>
>When I press ctrl+alt+delete same message appears.

Sounds like your hard drive may have joined the dearly departed.

Boot up the computer and go into the BIOS setup. Use the "autodetect
hard drives" section in the BIOS setup to verify that it can find the
drive.

If the hard drive cannot be detected then this is a "hands on" job for
a hardware repair technician.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
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