Hi,

First off this has been fixed, I think, but anyway I am asking the question to see what the problem was caused by.

This machine running XP Pro Sp2. AMD 3000+. This machine had been on for several hours, then I had to leave, so I shut the machine down. When I returned seversl hours later and started it up again, I got this response, insert CD and hit enter to boot. After trying a lot of different things, I removed the data connector,( ribbon cable) and started the machine. It booted normally and everything was as normal, less the programs on the removed drive. I shut down the machine, reconnected the second drive, and started up the machine again. It booted normally and everything was normal. That was 2 days ago and it still boots normally and has no errors.

Ok, my question is, what happened to cause this problem?? Could there have been a glich in the BIOS and removing the drive cleared it up?? Would be interesting to know in case it happens again.

Thanks for any comments.

cheers, mac