Date: 12/27/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

Yesterday I went over to my in-laws. I installed their new wireless keyboard and followed the instructions to the letter. A few minutes later the computer crashed and that was about it. The computer gets to the splash screen(E-Machines) not the Windows XP one and then we get the error: Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press Enter.

The computer was my old machine. When Katrina hit, we brought it with us. I gave it to my in-laws when I got me new one. The machine has just been started up since the storm and I was curious to see if this maybe a cause. There was a smell of burning, but the fan and everything seems to be working fine. Guessing the burning smell maybe from the dust build up.

I tried booting it with another hard drive, but all I got was the same error. Also the computer won't let us get into the bios.

The CD/DVD drive will still boot the restore disks, but it doesn't fix the problem.

AMD Athlon XP Processor 2700+
768 MB DDR PC2100 Memory
80GB Hard Drive and 40GB Hardrive
DVD±RW Drive
16X DVD-ROM Drive
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
56K ITU V.92 Fax/Modem
Onboard 10/100Base-T LAN Interface
Geforce FX5500 Graphics Card
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
Amplified stereo speakers
Multimedia keyboard
2-button wheel mouse

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

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