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Ok I was trying to change my resolution to 1600x1200 the monitor said "Out of Range" and in couple of seconds it returned to 1280x1024 so I tried again, and again it said "Out of Range" I thought I'd wait a couple of seconds for it to return, but it didn't.
So I try to boot my computer from below the button, and when it starts it does the usual

Verifying (DMI?) compilation....
Boot from CD
Boot from CD
and then it does this (DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.) WICH it shouldn't be doing and just stops there.
I guess it can't boot from my CD ROM's because there's nothing in them and it wants the system disk. So I put in the system disk (floppy) and it starts MS-DOS and now I'm really confused. How can I possibly boot my windows from a black screen where I can type
And I dont have my Windows XP CD so I would like to boot it without having to FORMAT or re-install windows.
My guess is I just have to get it to boot from Hard Drive but how?

Edit: I typed this from my mums computer btw What's the status of that computer right now?  Is it turned off?  Still have a floppy disk in it?  Still a CD in the CD-ROM drive?Its turned off at the moment, and I never had any CD in the CD drive floppy is also out of it.All right, if you turn it on, do you see this again:

Verifying (DMI?) compilation....
Boot from CD
Boot from CD
and then it does this (DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.)

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All right, if you turn it on, do you see this again:

Verifying (DMI?) compilation....
Boot from CD
Boot from CD
and then it does this (DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.)

Yes, everytime, I have tried to re-connect and checked that my Hard Drives are correctly connected to the motherboard none of the IDE cables are also disconnected, but for some reason it doesn't want to start windows from Hard Drives but insists that I put in the system diskDo you know how to access your BIOS settings to see what is set for 1st boot device, 2nd boot device, 3rd boot device? Quote
Do you know how to access your BIOS settings to see what is set for 1st boot device, 2nd boot device, 3rd boot device?

Yes I have accesed BIOS and it goes like this 1.Floppy Disk 2. Hard Drive 3.CD-ROM
I have tried to load Fail-Safe settings and Optimized Settings when the settings were loaded it changed the boot devices to this 1.Floppy Disk 2. Hard Drive 3.LS120 ?Why don't you have your Windows XP CD? Quote
Why don't you have your Windows XP CD?

I bought the computer like 2 years ago? We rececntly moved in a new apartment and it was lost amongst various other CD:s

Edit: This is why I asked my friend to make me somekind of an boot disk in case this happens.

I dont know if this is the boot disk contents but on top if it reads "boot disk,DOS,BIOS,setup (or installation dont know its hard to TRANSLATE from finnish), ABIT IS-7"

Edit nr2: I also got my computer back like 4 days ago becaus my motherboard just stopped working, just like that also got an new monitor wich was a bit kranky at the start but worked fine after the start.I'm going to be away from my computer for awhile; going to take an aunt to a MEDICAL appointment.  I'll check back later.  In the meantime, maybe someone else will have some suggestions.Ok everyone who's checking this POST nevermind I talked with my friend he's getting me a new XP CD we are re-installing windows glad that you tried to help but I Dont think theres anything we can do anynmore Sounds like you've been very unlucky here.  Changing the display settings should not jigger your hard drive.  Even if you (inexplicably) do it repeatedly.  For future reference: the "out of range" message means that you monitor can't cope with that combination of resolution and sync frequency.  So there's no way that doing it more than once will produce better results.

A Win XP repair installation may be your way out of this hole...Yes well otherwise I would go safe mode but it wont load windows at all


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