um....buy a usb case and run the hdd seperate to transfer files. easy enough my dad could do it.

well id love one of those, and ive already looked at them, seems like they start between 25-30 bucks and it only gets higher from then, and its just really not worth it to me, ill be inconvenienced a few minutes before i spend that much on something that isnt that big of a deal.

sorry for not answering right away, ive been away from the forum for a while. anyway when the system boots look at the screen and see if it says anything about cmos setup, if it does hit the button accordingly, otherwise try f1, f10, and delete... look around for anything about stop on all errors or anything of that matter that might cause it to stop...