Re: Really weird bootup problem

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Your Name <Your.Name@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Bill,
>
>I have seen this all the time ever since M$ was brought into my castle some 20 years ago. Most of uncle Bill's products are designed to keep people busy to keep them away from streets rioting or selling their bodies! In fact he is on record to say that he has created more jobs then any industry on this planet!!
>
>On a serious note you might want to defrag your hard disk and in particular bootable files by using the following command:
>
>defrag c: -b
>
>Then your can use:
>
>defrag c: -f -v
>
>Failure this, the only alternative is to reinstall the OS and all application programs.
>
>Hope this helps.

It is of absolutely no help at all.

The problems with this computer occur during the Power On Self Test
(POST), long before any Windows components have even started to load.
It is therefore impossible for anything in Windows to have caused the
problem or for a reinstall of Windows to fix it.

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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