My keyboard doesn't have an 'any' key.. :-)

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2A04B6F-001B-4F40-806C-D55A73F17A0E@microsoft.com...
> ometime s, maybe most, you have to hit any key on keybrd to get it to boot
> from CD!!
>
> "Lorne" wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>> i am assisting a neighbour with her computer (she's so cute, i couldnt
>> say
>> no to her)....
>> On boot up, she is getting the message:
>> missing or corrupt file: ntoskrnl.exe reinstall a copy of the above
>> file.....
>>
>> so after researching the net and newsgroups i thought i found the way to
>> repair this.... easy enough, just boot from xp cd and use the repair
>> console.... BUT here is the problem.... i can not get the computer to
>> boot
>> from the cd rom!!!
>> I went into the bios and set boot priority to:
>> cd/rom 1st, floppy 2nd and ide hard drive 3rd (can't go wrong with this,
>> right?) Using her windows xp, the computer says searching for boot
>> record
>> from cd.... then after sevceral seconds, changes to try to boot from the
>> hard drive.....
>> Ok, i thought maybe the cd rom is not working...... so i put in a spare
>> cd
>> rom.... same thing..... took the cd and put it into a different computer,
>> and the cd boots up......
>>
>> so, any idea of what my issue is all about???
>>
>> thank you all....
>>
>>
>>