Peter
08-13-2003, 07:20 PM
peter@zoofence.com (Peter) wrote in message news:<504e995e.0308120925.2c907bdb@posting.google.com>... I have a Dell Dimension 4100 PC running WindowsXP Professional ver. 2002 SP-1; the BIOS version is A10. Everything works fine, except beginning a day or so ago, every time I boot, the process stops (pauses) at a black (DOS-like) screen showing some system information, and a prompt to press the DELETE key to resume. When I press the DELETE key, the process resumes, Windows loads properly, and opens the Desktop fine ...
After posting this question here, I discovered at the Dell Forum that
other Dell Dimension computers have had the same problem. It is
evidently a hard disk issue. For those interested, the thread at Dell
Forum is http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_bios&message.id=15641&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
After posting this question here, I discovered at the Dell Forum that
other Dell Dimension computers have had the same problem. It is
evidently a hard disk issue. For those interested, the thread at Dell
Forum is http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_bios&message.id=15641&view=by_date_ascending&page=1