well ill give it a try
thank you and keep a watch because il probably have more problems

"RalfG" wrote:

> In that case you may be dealing with be a LAN boot scenario. The LAN card or
> its boot chip might be defective. You could try removing the card, or in the
> PC BIOS you could probably disable the LAN boot option (or just change the
> boot device priority) but it could turn out that the OS on the PC is not
> bootable on its own.
>
> "Robert Bowie" <RobertBowie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0D3F4F26-0909-4893-BAEE-7929D88C63FE@microsoft.com...
> > the computer was hooked up to a server at a company.it runs bios then runs
> > some preboot software that tries to establish contact with the old
> > server.
> > it cannot receive a bootfile name and then tries to launch xp and cannot.
> > is
> > there away to get rid of the preboot software that runs after bios and
> > just
> > get the computer to run on its own o/s if it is even capable? in other
> > words
> > no DCHP jusy xp
> >
> > "RalfG" wrote:
> >
> >> DHCP, usually from an external source, allocates TCP/IP addresses. MAC
> >> addresses are unique values that are hard-coded into network
> >> adapters/devices. DHCP will only come into play when the operating system
> >> is
> >> running, not before. You might have a defective network adapter in the
> >> computer, or if it's a PCI card it may just need re-seating or cleaning
> >> of
> >> the contacts.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Robert Bowie" <Robert Bowie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2E77A500-A8B4-4A09-B558-A1E25A705402@microsoft.com...
> >> > my computer loads bios then tries to find a mac address using DHCP. It
> >> > can
> >> > not connect, next it shows the xp boot screen and appears to be
> >> > loading.
> >> > Next i get a blue windows screen telling saying restarting setup and it
> >> > does
> >> > this over and over if i let it. Is there an operating system on my
> >> > computer
> >> > and how can i stop it from searching for a mac address. Also if i
> >> > install
> >> > xp
> >> > is ther a way to save my data?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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