Faulty Windows OS

I am with a laptop that doesn't boot up fully, rather it attempts to
re-install Windows XP. It gets to a point where it says insert XP
CD...and click ok. When I click ok, it shows a dialog box with the
letter 'y' repeating accross d input box, as if being typed or pressed
on d keyboard. This happens even when the laptop keyboard is completely
disconnected and removed from d computer. I tried booting from an XP
installation CD, but it doesn't seem to show any response whatsoever to
that and it doesn't give an error message about the CD drive either. I
connected another keyboard to it, it responded to that keyboard (it
doesn't respond to the original keyboard at all) but thesame problem
still occurs. I have not been able to even re-install windows.

It is not a Win98 problem -- so it is better to ask in the proper (WinXP)
newsgroup.

And if you want to boot from CD -- select this option in BIOS Setup, or, when
your computer tests BIOS, press the key that changes the boot sequence (what
is this key -- see your computer's manual) and select CDROM there.

--
Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On 5 Dec 2006 20:35:35 -0800, "bobox00" wrote:

I am with a laptop that doesn't boot up fully, rather it attempts to
re-install Windows XP. It gets to a point where it says insert XP
CD...and click ok. When I click ok, it shows a dialog box with the
letter 'y' repeating accross d input box, as if being typed or pressed
on d keyboard. This happens even when the laptop keyboard is completely
disconnected and removed from d computer. I tried booting from an XP
installation CD, but it doesn't seem to show any response whatsoever to
that and it doesn't give an error message about the CD drive either. I
connected another keyboard to it, it responded to that keyboard (it
doesn't respond to the original keyboard at all) but thesame problem
still occurs. I have not been able to even re-install windows.