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>My PC does not boot up properly, and I'm hoping that someone out there
>can help.
>
>I have a Dell Dimension XPS T500 (a dinosaur, I know). I can get into
>the bios OK, and both my hard disks are recognised there, as well as
>the floppy and the CD drive. I have set the boot time order to the
>floppy first, then the hard drive, then the CD drive.
>
>However, when I try to boot the machine into the operating system,
nothing happens after the BIOS splash screen appears and disappears -
>I can hear the floppy drive spin for a bit, then I'm met with a blank
>screen. This happens even with a bootable floppy in the drive, which I
>can hear being read.

Try clearing the BIOS settings, ususally a jumper near the battery. Try
disconnecting the Hard drives, power & data cables.

Mike.


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