Paul Linehan wrote:
> What I want is some sort of programme that will
> execute from XP that will nuke the entire disk
> in the hope that the MBR will be reset and that
> it will restart using the devices set in the
> boot sequence of the BIOS - i.e. CD first.
The MBR is on the disk, so the BIOS has already decided what it will boot
from by the time it gets to the MBR.
If you want to eliminate the HDD as a source of the error, just remove it
physically from the laptop and then try to boot from a CD. If this doesn't
work at least you know the fault is nothing to do with the HDD.
/Ciaran.
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