How it worked out was, when my computer's guard was down a few days ago, I managed to sneak in and do a reformat (again) and an XP reinstall...
First thing this morning my computer responded favorably to the F1 hold down. While in BIOS I changed--or thought I changed--the boot sequence so...
I tried both options that you sent, but my computer stopped at the Compaq screen each time. I also tried holding down the esc, F1, and F10 keys...
Thanks for offering to help. When last I was able to see my computer, there were two partitions: C and J on one hard drive. I dismissed the C...
While attempting to do a clean re-install of XP Professional, I managed to install one and and half copies of XP. The half copy was on the C...
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