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After changing the CD to be the first boot device did you exit saving your settings ?
Yes i did.
Are you still able to see the contents of the CD when you boot with a floppy ?
In fact, im only able to see them if i boot with i floppy y downloaded from bootdisc.com
What letter is the CD drive ?
F
What model Compaq, I have a feeling that some Compaq's store the recovery image in a hidden partition on the HD, if you used FDISK, it may have been deleted ?
Its a Presario 7469... i think they do... and i supposed i had deleted it too.. bot even though i thought i deleted all the partitions and all the messages said i did it, when i reboot it still finds a D: and in it there are directories very similar to those on the cd... (which i can access but not run)
So.. either i Fdisked it wrong or my computer has gone insane and still remembers things i supposedly deleted... :s this is so very confusing...