Hi Matt I'm very appreciative of your help and moral support. I followed your directions but, alas, as of now the results haven't been...
Hi Matt Well spotted! Seems like your post has "crossed" with my edit.
Hi Matt I wonder if you've any suggestions how I could reflash? I used EzWinFlash to flash it the first time. It's a utility that comes with...
Hi Rockster2U The problem I now have is that (having already steeled myself to reinstall WinXP on my SATA disk, and having disconnected the PATA...
A bit more info. Having been trying again this morning, I've realised that WinXP Setup is now going into an endless loop. After I tell it to...
Nose-back-to-grindstone time:eek: I seem to have created a fair bit of confusion. Sorry! I'll try to clarify. As I see it, the problem is a...
I didn't F3 out, because so far as I recall Setup never got to the stage of inviting me to do so - or not at any rate once I had tried to get...
Thanks guys for the suggestions. Some responses:- The only option in the BIOS is to enable the on-chip SATA controller. This was set to...
I'm struggling desperately - so far unsuccessfully - to get my PC back. My troubles began when I upgraded the BIOS. I got the message that the...
Here's the thread:- http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=50038 I've suggested to Newt that perhaps it should be moved to this ('Hardware')...
The position I've now got to is this. I still can't get my PC to read or execute the floppy I've made - but (for the moment) that matters less...
TonyT also suggested this. But I'm confused. My mainboard's BIOS (which is Award) does indeed have settings referring to legacy USB devices,...
Hello McTavish No, my system wasn't working fine before - the contrary, in fact. Updating the BIOS is among many things I'm trying to get...
@TonyT OK, thanks. Having now looked up NTLDR in Wikipedia, I've learned more about it. Part of the entry reads:- (quote)NTLDR (abbreviation...
Hi, (my first posting...) I'm trying to update my BIOS, and failing because - having dl'd the latest version from the manufacturer's (Epos)...
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