I recently installed/uninstalled a driver for my LAN, which screwed up the Windows registry, so I backed everything up and formatted the C: drive…so after that, I reinstall windows, and everything is working just fine until I notice that Windows isn’t detecting my modem. So I open 'im up and take out the modem and reinstall THAT, and reboot. And what do I see next?
SYSTEM BOOT FAILURE.
So I run it through its little boot-from-the-stonehenge-A-drive so it can run a diagnostics check and run FDISK and what does it say?
NO FIXED DISKS FOUND
sigh The next computer I get is a Macintosh. :too bad;
hmmmm… that’s weird… happened to me once, but I can’t remember how I fixed it. it took a bit of effort… if I remember how I fixed it, I’ll let you know.
Checked yout BIOS settings? Whiles it uncommon, its not unheard of for the HDD settings to get messed up and need to be re-tweked. Also, since its an internal modem, I would be sure to check that the IDE cabling is firmly attached at both ends and that you didn’t bump a power cord to the HDD loose when you were in there