From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Yup, did all that.

He ended up calling eMachine, and they talked him through something that
allowed the install to complete.  I haven't talked to him to see what they
had him do, been too busy getting work done to go on vacation....I'll need
a vacation after getting ready for vacation....LOL...

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Glenn M.
"Hrvoje Mesing"  wrote in
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> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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>> Post mortem....Something VERY odd about this machine.  A parallel install
>> works fine, boots properly.
>>
>> Copied off their personal files to a CDR for backup, and they have all
>> the program CD's to re-install any user added software, so they're
>> covered.
>>
>> Re-confirmed that the original 80gig HD was configured as MASTER, on the
>> PRIMARY controller, and used the eMachine Recovery CD's, which is 3 CD's,
>> and restores an IMAGE of the CD as it was originally delivered, totally
>> re-formatting the HD, back to square one.
>>
>> That proceeds, completes, and the machine boots like an "out
of the box"
>> new computer.  Goes through the picking Time Zone, language, all that
>> stuff. The next screen, is where you put in the computer name.  I gave it
>> a SIMPLE name (family last name), and a simple description.  Clicked
>> Next, and the system goes off into never-never land.  Sat at that screen
>> for at least 20 minutes.  You could click on the HELP button, and you'd
>> get the Help for that page, but it refused to go on any further.  So, I
>> left it with them, to sit there and churn overnight, to see if it would
>> ever finish.  Also told them, since they had just bought it at Best Buy
>> at Christmas, and they bought the extra warranty, to take it to their
>> "Geek Squad", and let THEM restore the system back to
"out of box"
>> condition.
>>
>> Too weird for me.....I've hit some really strange ones this year.  Maybe
>> it's better to buy the "higher priced spread", or build your
>> own.....
>>
>> Thanks for all the help/input folks...
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> Sorry, I'm in pass, did You check fixboot and the A (Active) flag is set
> on Your *primary* partition ?
> This is a must on Windows else they will never boot :)
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> Bye, goto Life proc.
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> M.
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