Re: XP Home Edition startup

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How did you switch? upgrade or clean installation?
If you mean the Floppy is accessed on boot up this is a default setting of
your bios.
Usually bios boot order is, Floppy,CD,HD or similar.
But then what *exactly* is the err msg.

Win2k/xp uses chkdisk, and if errors are found whilst they may be fixable,
you should then run the HD manu disk diagnostics tool.

"Dave C" <DaveC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:700EA251-C13C-4971-B44A-A9F5039D9FF1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I've just switched from Windows 98 Firest Edition to XP Home Edition. I
don't see a Scan Disc on XP. Does this mean that XP automatically fixes
errors on the hard drive?

Also, is there a way of disabling XP from looking at my A drive during the
booting up process? I got an error message when booting up, probably
because
it looked at A drive to startup with. I did see the method recommended by
XP. This leaves me typing MSCONFIG at Startup and Run. I then have to
find,
from a long list of files, "A" drive in System.Ini, Win.Ini, Services, or
from Startup. But which one is the floppy disc? I couldn't see that one
at
all in the long list of files, probably because I don't know what it's
called.

Thanks.


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