Okay, I went through the boot process again so I was speaking with a fresh memory.
Without the CD in, I have a blank screen with a flashing cursor. It will not take DOS prompts.
With the CD in, a prompt of "Press any key to boot from CD" appears. If I do nothing, it will go on into windows.
I have tried to do a windows repair. It tells me that the admin password is invalid. Same thing if I try to do an automated system recovery. I don't even really know what that last option means, but I was going to try it.
I am unable to f8 into safe mode.
I don't know what MBR is, but I will look it up after I get the munchkin in bed later tonight. Thanks much for that suggestion.
