Whenever I open my IO.SYS file, I cant read it. It's a bunch of symbols. I was thinking that I dont have a particular font installed from adobe but I cant figure it out. Any suggestions? :(

Thank you. :D

I do have a question. I'm not real familiar with editing the boot.ini. What should it look like in order to boot to XP? :oops:

That's what I was thinking. I'm glad you reaffirmed my thoughts. It helps me to learn while doing this and build some confidence. I appreciate the help. I will have them try this. I dont have access...

OK, sorry it took so long. What is actually happening is after they shut the computer off ,when they turn it back on it will only boot to a c: prompt :( Might they need to change the boot.ini?

It's actually my friends computer. It has always done this since he bought it. He's running XP. He took it back to the manufacturer (it's still under warrantee) and they said it wasnt the hard drive...

Could it be a bad hard drive?? :cry:

Everytime I unplug my computer everything is lost OS and everything else! What would cause this?? :(

That is interesting. I didnt really think of the reason why to do that, but I did try that already to no avail. I appreciate everyones input and suggestions. Thanks.

It is a Compaq Laptop I'm working on.

The thing looks like a big grid placed on the screen. I've thought of the basic stuff like refresh rate, .....................display settings.

Yeah I know that. There is a pull down bow that has all the possible display setting in them. When you pull it down it'll say 800x600 256 colors (hardware default refresh)
That is one example but...

I tried that but the only setting available is " hardware default" There is no way to change the refresh. I can change all the display properties but that.

I tried that but the only setting available is " hardware default" There is no way to change the refresh. I can change all the display properties but that.

It's runnin NT 4.0. It stays on all the time. It is "On top" of the display. I tooled around with the display setting but nothing seemed to work.

I have an old Compaq Armada laptop. The display is covered with white horizontal lines, and green red, and blu vertical lines. Kind of like a graph. Does anyone know how to clear this. :?: