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meamjw
I am using XP Home/SP3 and it had been running well until about a week ago
when I was trying to set up a LAN and hooked up an Iogear KVM. The next time
I tried to boot it got to the end of the PCI devices section and presented me
with the "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"
I have since found I can get it to boot with an emergency floppy and
everything works fine after that. In fact I have just been leaving the floppy
inserted and have no problems. I just want to fix it so it boots like it's
supposed to and have tried many things that have not helped one bit: 1. ran
the most complete check disk=no errors. Ran a disk diagnostic from
Seagate/Maxtor=no problems. 2. replaced the CMOS battery. 3. Unhooked power
and IDE cables, then re-connected. 4. re-arranged start order in BIOS. I
cannot get into safe boot because the boot process isn't getting that far.
I have no Windows CD because it came OEM. I do have restore CDs but don't
believe I can get Recovery Console from them. I'm afraid to even try them for
fear they may just reformat without giving me the option to say no. I'm not
even considering a reformat and re-install because I've gone through two
weeks of trying to get everything back as it was as nearly as possible and as
I said, I can boot and operate normally from the floppy. If anyone has any
ideas I would appreciate hearing them.

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"meamjw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> meamjw
> I am using XP Home/SP3 and it had been running well until about a week ago
> when I was trying to set up a LAN and hooked up an Iogear KVM. The next
> time
> I tried to boot it got to the end of the PCI devices section and presented
> me
> with the "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"
> I have since found I can get it to boot with an emergency floppy and
> everything works fine after that. In fact I have just been leaving the
> floppy
> inserted and have no problems. I just want to fix it so it boots like it's
> supposed to and have tried many things that have not helped one bit: 1.
> ran
> the most complete check disk=no errors. Ran a disk diagnostic from
> Seagate/Maxtor=no problems. 2. replaced the CMOS battery. 3. Unhooked
> power
> and IDE cables, then re-connected. 4. re-arranged start order in BIOS. I
> cannot get into safe boot because the boot process isn't getting that far.
> I have no Windows CD because it came OEM. I do have restore CDs but don't
> believe I can get Recovery Console from them. I'm afraid to even try them
> for
> fear they may just reformat without giving me the option to say no. I'm
> not
> even considering a reformat and re-install because I've gone through two
> weeks of trying to get everything back as it was as nearly as possible and
> as
> I said, I can boot and operate normally from the floppy. If anyone has any
> ideas I would appreciate hearing them.