sorry about that .... then what I would suggest is: take out the hdd.... put it into another window system.... grab all the files you need off of the system (including grabbing all the drivers/inf files I cant rember what the name of the program was maybe someone can help me.. but there is a way where u can get the existing drivers so when u format u don't lose them) after you got the stuff you need ... take the hdd out .. put it in the original computer and fdisk and format the drive ( format c:\ /u ) -----Original Message----- From: Doug Keller [mailto:dek@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:57 AM To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [24hoursupport] Re: A Proprietary system This isn't a laptop. I have tried to get it to load win98 and it goes through the motions, and still comes up with that message. Doug -- Doug Keller "Learn from the mistakes of others, Wis-Kel Electronics because you won't live long enough 101 Freeland Ave. to make them all yourself" Terra Alta, WV USA 26764 dek@xxxxxxxxxx For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject. For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject.