In newsp.szyzb6vh7jl04a@r251.corp.efunds.com,
Dave Oddie <daveoddie@yapoo.co.uk> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> My computer froze up last night during some video editing and I think
> the hard disc has died, probably due to overheating. It is either
> that or a BIOS problem that
> won't detect the drive so the machine can't boot. The PC is in the
> repair show as I type this having someone check it out.
>
> It is a bit weird as both drives are detected by the BIOS on initial
> start-up but it won't go on and boot
> giving a strange PXE-E61 error further down the startup sequence.
>
> I have XP pro (OEM) on the machine which has two hard drives. An 80
> gb and a 160 gb. The 80GB has two partitions
> on it C & D and this is the one that I think is dead. The 160
> normally appears as drive E.
>
> I tried using XP recovery and it recognised the E drive as the C
> drive so it just could not see the 80 gb drive.
>
> The upshot is I reckon I will either need a new hard drive or maybe a
> new motherboard if the BIOS is corrupt.
>
> If I need a new hard drive (most likely) then I will need to replace
> it and re-install XP Pro.
>
> If I do with will I have any product activation problems? I
> activated it over the Internet on purchase about two years ago.
>
> If I replace the motherboard should that be the problem, the same
> question applies. Will XP require me to re-activate and will that be
> a problem?
> Thanks,
>
> Dave

You shouldn't have any problems at all with that. If you do then you can
just use the phone option and call in and it *should* be okay. As it's OEM
if there's any activation problems over the phone (if the internet
activation didn't work though it may very well go through without a hitch)
then just call IBM (or Lenovo now maybe?) for help and they should get you
squared away.

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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