startup problem

When I boot my laptop running Windows ME, it does nothing
but go to a screen saying:

"Microsoft Windows Millennium Startup Menu"
===========

The problem is - there are no options on this startup
menu, and the computer will do nothing but this when the
computer loads up. I can't get into Windows ME at all.

Has anybody got any suggestions as to the cause of this
problem, and any possible resolutions.

Thanks - your help is greatly appreciated,
James

Noel
Sun Feb 29 04:27:02 CST 2004

Can you boot to DOS with a floppy disk?
If so - try the following command from the A: prompt after selecting option
3

SYS C:

take out the floppy, and reboot

see if that does it

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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"James" <james@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:428c01c3feaa$d9df95b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> When I boot my laptop running Windows ME, it does nothing
> but go to a screen saying:
>
> "Microsoft Windows Millennium Startup Menu"
> ===========
>
> The problem is - there are no options on this startup
> menu, and the computer will do nothing but this when the
> computer loads up. I can't get into Windows ME at all.
>
> Has anybody got any suggestions as to the cause of this
> problem, and any possible resolutions.
>
> Thanks - your help is greatly appreciated,
> James