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PC won't boot up (at ALL!)

Name: Dennis
Date: February 11, 2003 at 15:35:02 Pacific
OS: Windows 2000 Professional
CPU/Ram: Pentium I, 133 Mhz

Comment:

Attempting to upgrade a Pentium I, 133mhz PC (it was previously loaded with Windows 98), I wiped the hard disk clean, formatted it NTFS, loaded it with Win 2K Pro, and re-booted. Kept getting a message that the PC "couldn't find the boot sector." So, as a last resort, I went into setup and selected "F5, Restore Defaults." NOW the PC won't boot at ALL -- not from a floppy, not from a CD; it won't even allow me to go into setup! (It just gets to the point of displaying the message (press F1 to enter setup; pressing F1 does nothing.) Any suggestions from you PC "techies?" HELP ! !

Reply:

take out battery you have nothin to lose but it sound like the hard disk has gone down

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reformatting hard drive

bypass win2000 login

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