Simply laptops (602.287.9200) does this kind of work. Tell them your OS of choice. The light is beginning to flicker there lately. They also have some awsome laptops, like 4-drive RAID HD systems!!! Gene On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:04:56 +0000, Aaron Cordova wrote: > My friend brought over his comp becuase it has been very sluggish > and the rest of the regular complaints. After trying to irradicate all > the spyware and malware that was installed on his box, I decided that > the easiest solutions would be a clean install. When ever I ran the > spybot or adaware the computer would reboot during the scan or would > crash. I installed a new virus scanner, his was trial version, and same > problems with the virus scanner. So I used his WinXP cd to scrub the hd > and re-install. I had the hardest time even getting the program to > format the HD, so I assume there are bad sectors on the outer regions on > one of the plates. > I finally get a good format, and install. When it comes time to > reboot I get a very unusual error :Error Loading Operating System. Now, > I can install Fedora and get it to boot in to X11 with no problems. The > install can be a bit hairy, but i have limited the install partion to > 10GB and that seems to work every time now. So I tried the same scenario > with XP, this time no format complaints no halts no crashes, reboot, > Error Loading Operating System. Does anyone have any ideas about this. I > have exhausted my knowledge. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss