(This is a repost -- I originally posted the text below in the OS forum a couple of weeks ago, but got zero responses. Maybe this is the more appropriate place to get some advice)<BR><BR>Hi all.

Some users have complained about this problem that when they start their computer, it doesn’t boot. Instead, a Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed blue ...

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(Mods, if this is the wrong forum, just let me know where it should go)<BR><BR><BR>Hi all. Here's the sob story.<BR><BR>During the formatting of a new HD, the computer crashed. Somehow, one of the ...