A neighbor asked me to wipe their PC hard drive so they could give the PC to a friend.<BR><BR>I took my XP disc over, since they didn't have one, and tried to boot from the CDROM. Wouldn't do it. So I ...

Scan the manual for the section with all the jumpers documented. There's a Clear CMOS jumper. It should have a shunt on it (the little plastic shorting-block) covering only one of the pins. Power off ...

The first easy step is to reset the CMOS and see if it helps you boot into Windows. To reset or clear CMOS, follow these steps: Force shut down your computer by pressing and holding the power button.