[pchelpers] Re: Question about boot disk

I think your system BIOS is set to boot first off C: rather than A: 
drive. You would need to alter the order of boot devices in the BIOS 
(CMOS settings) to have A: first for your test to work.

Inge wrote:

>Okay Scott, how do I do that?
>
>I did shut the computer off, put the disk in and nothing happened. When =
>I
>pushed the reset button nothing happened. When I turned the computer on =
>with
>the disk in it started widows normally. That is what happened with both
>disks.=20
>
>Really, that does not tell me anything. Tell me please, what am I to do =
>and
>what is suppose to happen? How do I know when it starts from the disk?
>
>More na=EFve than before,
>Inge
>
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