>Just a quick message -
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>I changed the hard drive cable and put the old original hard drive back in and so far, so good. Maybe it was just the darn HD cable. But I am still going to do QuickRestore and get this thing back to original. Wish me luck. Thanks for your help!

Steve;

You have to let us know the outcome of this adventure. I picture our son trying to help our daughter who also has a Compaq by the way!

Best of luck.

Tom