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Hi Retlaw

Walk me through teh exact startup,

You get BIOS screen first,

then do you get a Grub bootloader or have you removed this from your attempt with Ubuntu?


I'm assuming you then get a "Windows didn't start correctly" type screen with options of last known good config and a selection of "Safe modes"

What are you choosing at this point.

Is this XP we are talking or an older OS

do you get teh black loading screen with teh horizontal side to side progress bar thing?

At what point does it fail

Does it just automatically reboot or does it hang and you have to reset it?

When it does go in are there any error messages?

when you mention it 'moaning and groaning' where from, teh CD drive? teh Hard disk, teh fans inside teh base unit?

Ian