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computer wont start properly

by theandy83 Mar 3, 2006 8:49AM PST

My computer won't start properly and i have to help it boot up. the computer runs fine but at start up i have to press ctrl to choose the disk to load from i then have to press A to load from the floppy, then i just press any key and it boots normally.
i never have or floppys in my comptuer when i start up.
if i let the computer load by itself it will just say continuing startup and then do nothing.
it has done this for about 9 months.

sys specs:
40gig maxtor hdd
128 ram
pentium mmx 220 MHz
Windows XP sp2

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Given it's age, I would not fix this one.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Mar 3, 2006 8:52AM PST

The Pentium 200 or so MMX based PCs are quite old. So old that my best advice is to do nothing and just live with it.

Bob

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