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NOVICE needs help please!
Hi every one.
just taken an old windows XP machine, and have installed windows 7 to it.
This went well with no complications. Then began the very slow update session = after about three hours, I aborted (would do them later I thought).
Computer was shut down, and the earlier set of updates were configured. After a restart,I then found that the machine would not boot - it got so far and stopped with the message Boot fail (40)the floppy disk light was now permanently on. Pressed delete to get into bios and found that the floppy disk was now set to 1st boot - this I changed to HDD-0.
Being just a novice at this point, I am 'stuck' and would very much appreciate your help. If I disconnect the floppy disk (power and ribbon) it still will not boot.
Motherboard is an Asus AN7-8XX with phoenix bios.
Thanks in advance
C