To Start with I'd like to clear this up I do not have a P166 as my main computer that is the computer I was using to post on the forum. The computer that would not install any OS is a P3 700mhz 192Mb ram TNT2 32Mb etc...
I had to clear that up cos anyone using a P166 as their main computer in...
Thansk, please check the board again tommorow as I won't be able to try any of your suggestions until then. Tommorow I will tell you if I still have a problem or if hopefully you help has given me a solution.
The virus I had/have was called W95/CIH or chenobyl.
I can run scandisk and it finds no errors, the BIOS is the same one I've had since I got the computer and the BIOS settings are set to defualt which they were last time I formatted and installed windows. So none of them are the problem...
You miss understand I meant that I never had a problem re-installing windows before this format. I formatted due to I virus on my system which I have just learnt could have infectde my BIOS also.
But what should I do?? I never had a problem before this format and I have formatted many time before. Do you think I should go and buy a new Motherboard??
I recently formatted my hard drive. I tried to reinstall windows and was given this error message.
Standard mode: Fault outside of MS-DOS Extender.
EC=0000 CS=0397 IP=74D0 AX=0000 BX=0397 CX=FFB1 DX=0397
SI=2ABA DI=7041 BD=OFBO ES=038F SS=027F SP=OF94
I have tried to reinstall on two...
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