TSGL: Old computer

[jonpan]

Interesting idea. If the BIOS is set to boot from CD first, then it will boot whether the HDD is present or not, assuming the MoBo and BIOS are OK. If HDD is first but not available shouldn't it cycle through the other possibilities? If so, and it fails to boot, your idea would presumably eliminate the hard drive and limit the fault to the above mentioned MoBo or BIOS. Please let us know what happens.

John
Od/G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Don Penlington 
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Old computer


H Davis wrote:
>But we were all just getting into it :-(>>


It will remain forever one of life's great mysteries.

One more thing I might try is disconnecting the hard drive and inserting a 
CD. If the hd is kaput and the computer can no longer see it, it might then 
be able to boot from cd. Perhaps.

Don Penlington


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