FIxed it, I installed Ubuntu using an external flash card reader and was able to boot up the computer without problems so maybe I did messed up the MBR on the HDD. Thanks a lot.

I swapped the HDD, I have not installed any OS on it but when I boot up the same thing happens... SHould I try to install an OS and see if that works?

Yes, it will show, as ATA HDD0, here is my current boot priority order:

1: USB FDD
2: ATAPI CD0
3: USB CD
4: ATA HDD0: FUJITSU
5: PCI LAN
6: USB HDD
7: ATA HDD1
8:
Excluded from boot order
: ATA HDD2
: ATAPI CD1

Neil,


The problem is that now I am not even able to boot from the hard drive. I removed the USB flash drive, loaded the default settings, but still no luck. I am afraid I could have messed something at the BIOS level pretty bad.

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