i think my only OPTION is to reformat the h/d..is there any software i can USE to remove the partition and make it one hard drive...thanks thetedsoybean's advice is correct. You need to watch the screen when it boots and it will say: press to enter bios (or setup). Whatever that key is, that's what you press. Then set the cd / dvd drive as the first boot device in the boot order.hi allan,thats what i did ..i,ll take it into the REPAIR SHOP,maybe they will be able to sort it out...thanks anyway guys for all your help....yesssss,finally managed to install WIN vista...feel a bit of a diddy ...when i went to boot from cd/dvd i didn't know that i had to press the f6 key to bring it to the top of the list then hit the f10 to save and exit...what i was doing was highlighting cd/dvd and hitting the f10 to save and exit....thanks for all your help and patience....theted You put in the disk before you exit the BIOS.Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 16, 2010, 08:16:59 PM

You put in the disk before you exit the BIOS.