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Old November 28th 08, 06:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
AT and HMB
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Terry.
Thanks.
You were right. There was some difficulty getting into boot manager - I had
several attempts.
For a reason I cannot explaint, LS-120 was first choice. I do not know why.
I have never had an LS-120 (was that the higher capacity floppy?)
However, accepting that; I fail to understand why it should take all that
time searching for something which is not there. In the old days when the
floppy was the conventional first choice it took a second or so to check for
floppy and then go to next preference (usually hard disk)
Thanks to all who tried to help.


"Terry R." wrote in message
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The date and time was 11/21/2008 5:33 AM, and on a whim, AT and HMB
pounded out on the keyboard:

Thank you Terry for a civilised reply.
The computer is one of several I built from scratch and has been in daily
use for 3years or so.
In retrospect, of course I should have realised it was NOT a Windows
problem and to all those people who have become upset/irate about this I
offer my humble apology. To those who have the time to post insults, I
say "get a life"
Following the useful comments I updated my BIOS with the MSI Live
Monitor. This didn't help.
I will now concentrate on the BIOS area and would appreciate any pointer
to NG or User Group that might be able to help me.
Many thanks again to those who replied constructively.


Be sure to check the options of the Boot Manager. If it's sitting at the
BIOS screen for a long time before proceeding, I would guess the Boot
Manager is causing the delay.

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Terry R.

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Old November 28th 08, 10:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Terry R.[_2_]
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Default XP PRO Bootup

The date and time was 11/28/2008 9:22 AM, and on a whim, AT and HMB
pounded out on the keyboard:

Terry.
Thanks.
You were right. There was some difficulty getting into boot manager - I had
several attempts.
For a reason I cannot explaint, LS-120 was first choice. I do not know why.
I have never had an LS-120 (was that the higher capacity floppy?)
However, accepting that; I fail to understand why it should take all that
time searching for something which is not there. In the old days when the
floppy was the conventional first choice it took a second or so to check for
floppy and then go to next preference (usually hard disk)
Thanks to all who tried to help.


"Terry R." wrote in message
...
The date and time was 11/21/2008 5:33 AM, and on a whim, AT and HMB
pounded out on the keyboard:

Thank you Terry for a civilised reply.
The computer is one of several I built from scratch and has been in daily
use for 3years or so.
In retrospect, of course I should have realised it was NOT a Windows
problem and to all those people who have become upset/irate about this I
offer my humble apology. To those who have the time to post insults, I
say "get a life"
Following the useful comments I updated my BIOS with the MSI Live
Monitor. This didn't help.
I will now concentrate on the BIOS area and would appreciate any pointer
to NG or User Group that might be able to help me.
Many thanks again to those who replied constructively.

Be sure to check the options of the Boot Manager. If it's sitting at the
BIOS screen for a long time before proceeding, I would guess the Boot
Manager is causing the delay.




Yes, the LS-120 was a high capacity floppy. Glad to hear you got it fixed.

--
Terry R.

***Reply Note***
Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
 




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