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Thread ID: 33054	2003-05-05 23:26:00	Win ME difficulties	Curly (487)	Press F1

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141685	2003-05-05 23:26:00	Firstly I am SO annoyed, tried using spell check on a long post and lost the lot. Certainly not the first time this has happened - just WISH SOMEONE could sort out this never ending problem. One does not expect this on a site such as PressF1, a computer help site. Bruce/Robo and others, hope you read this. Well...... One day after posting that we had a spare machine that I would like to use to try out Linux and a main computer throws a hissy fit. The faulty machine is 775Mhz, Tyan Trinity K7, 8.5 Mb HDD 256 RAM and a 16 Mb TNT (?) vid card. The machine, which is ME based, boots to the Windows ME splash screen and the following black with white text . The last line on this screen is Use Control - Alt -Delete to reboot. But this is a never ending loop as we always end up rebooting. Using safe mode I note that the file system is using DOS compatability mode. Remarking out all lines in both the config.sys and autoexec.bat files made no difference as the help suggested a problem associated with a file/driver. The supplied recovery disk does not work, but probably due to a replaced motherboard and therefore a different BIOS. Safe mode, which does nothing to help, shows the contents of the HDD so at least the files are still present. Using a ME boot floppy does not achieve anything either. While in DOS, considered using fdisk /mbr but chickened out. Where to next please. NO spell check follows :-)	Curly (487)
141686	2003-05-06 05:13:00	While running in safe mode, I notice that bootlog.txt shows that all fonts have a Load Failure rating and an error code of 0016. Plugged that into Goggle and there were hits, but none that explained what to do in easy steps or steps that I could understand. Perhaps an op sys reload?	Curly (487)
141687	2003-05-06 05:58:00	Try a scandisk from DOS. I suspect that you might have some missing files ... and therefore some major disk problems. :_( Reloading seems like a good idea, but I suppose that what you have got to do that is the repair CD, which doesn't work :_| Put Linux on it :D Your speeling seems OK ... I never use spelling checkers (or even chequers) myself. Odd typing errors don't worry anyone. Some people's strange variant spellings are, I fear, deliberate. B-)	Graham L (2)
141688	2003-05-06 06:28:00	Gidday Graham L, well scandisk found nothing wrong. May as well wipe the HDD clean by removing the partition, reformat and re-install. Probably quicker in the long run and if it does not work then....well I will tie it to the towbar, like a dog on a lead and take it for a 'stroll' round some of our gravel roads.	Curly (487)
141689	2003-05-06 06:41:00	> well I will tie it to the towbar, like a > dog on a lead and take it for a 'stroll' round some > of our gravel roads. Ladies and Gentlemen we have a new contender: Worst. Simile. Ever. Animal cruelty isn't funny, regardless of the light it was intended in.	whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
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