Can't start windows

Brande
As Rick said, you need to *run* the file you downloaded on a windows PC to
create the boot disk (use the OEM Win ME boot disk program - instructions
below).
You should also change the second and third boot devices - preferably to the
CD and HD, so that your boot order is Floppy, CD, HD. Then if all else
fails, your system should be ready to accept the Recovery disk.


Insert a formatted floppy disk, run the program, and when it's finished,
shut down the PC, then restart it with the floppy in the drive.
Once that's done, and working, you can remove the disk, and boot back to
Windows and let us knowg (use CTRL+ALT+DEL, or the reset button to reboot)

Then go here, and see if you can follow the directions to use System Restore
to repair the system - it's worth a shot, and will save a lot of effort if
it works.
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=279736
The instructions look a lot more complex than they are - just print them out
and take them one step at a time.

Good Luck

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Brande" wrote in message
...
Yippee, I have the floppy back. I went into the bios like you said, but it
was enabled. The only thing that was disabled w2as the swap floppy drive,
so
I left that as it was. Second boot was HDD. What should be third boot, cos
they have...LS/Zip, should this be the cd, I didn't alter it, in case it
was
important??
Before coming out i went into the cmos section and the drive A said none,
so
I altered that to 1.44 3.25 floppy. Now the drive is up and working. I put
the downloaded disks in and it wouldn't accept any of them. There were 3
different ones in the download page, so I saved all of them, to make sure
I
had the right one, but it keeps saying remove disks or other media and
press
any key to continue.
I have restored this computer before, I am sure I didn't have a floppy
then,
I am sure I just put the restore CD in without a floppy. But then again, I
am
getting old.

"Jack E Martinelli" wrote:

Brande, while waiting for Noel to return, boot to the BIOS setup program
and
confirm that the floppy drive controller is enabled, and that the boot
process is configured to boot first from the floppy (before the HD or the
CD).
Then reboot with your new EBD in the floppy drive to retest your boot
disk
startup.

And I didn't read any rubbish at all in his 1/20/05 response ...
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