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AspiringWannaBe · 10-03-2007, 08:54 PM

The system was started today to check for updates, there weren't any, then went to do a defrag.
It said it needed it so I ran defrag and went on about my day. Next thing I see is that a black screen with "boot from disk" in upper left corner. I put in the CD that came with the computer and let it try to boot from that but it would not so I just turned it off by, yes, pushing the power button. I restarted it and pushed F2 to change it to boot to CD and let it restart then the first screen held for a long time until it finally went black except for:

MediaShield ROM BIOS 6.33
Copyright (C) 2005 NVIDIA Corp.

Detecting array ...
_ (underscore is blinking)

and that is it. It is just sitting there like that and will not boot from CD nor any other way.
What now?
eMachine T3304 running Windows XP Home ed. AMD Sempron 3300+
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

10-03-2007, 08:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
AspiringWannaBe Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Current Location Orlando Florida Posts: 36 OS: Win XP Home Ed	eMachine T3304 The system was started today to check for updates, there weren't any, then went to do a defrag. It said it needed it so I ran defrag and went on about my day. Next thing I see is that a black screen with "boot from disk" in upper left corner. I put in the CD that came with the computer and let it try to boot from that but it would not so I just turned it off by, yes, pushing the power button. I restarted it and pushed F2 to change it to boot to CD and let it restart then the first screen held for a long time until it finally went black except for: MediaShield ROM BIOS 6.33 Copyright (C) 2005 NVIDIA Corp. Detecting array ... _ (underscore is blinking) and that is it. It is just sitting there like that and will not boot from CD nor any other way. What now? eMachine T3304 running Windows XP Home ed. AMD Sempron 3300+ Thanks in advance for any assistance.