Check the bios settings to see the boot order and make sure CD ROM is selected as one of the options and then try and install.
(Cant remember if WinME is on a bootable CD or not).
If not create a boot floopy with CD drivers on any machine from 98 onwards and boot from the floppy. Then do a fresh install from the WinME CD.
You will probably find the reason is wont boot is that the MB drivers are too different from the existing ones and Windows has thrown a wobbly...
Originally Posted by PPRuNe Pop
Thank you very much bjk.
Issue of the ATX 12v connector now solved. CPU now up and running. LED's OK too. The RAM (512mb) was ordered with the board - Kingston I believe.
Problem now is that it all boots up to:
"Disk boot failure - insert system disk" which she or I don't have. I am familiar with the term but beyond that..........I have tried booting from the ME disc but nothing happens.
Checked the BIOS and CMOS and all seems OK.
Questioned my daughter about the crashes she had and it seems that she thought she had viruses of some kind! When starting there is a very unhealthy noise from either the floppy or the HDD. I am considering formatting it on my machine and start again and then perhaps I can boot from my XP Pro disc once it is clean.?
BTW. I have acquired a simple graphics card but cannot connect it until the system is OK.
I confess to being at a bit of a loose end at the moment.
Sorry.
PPP