Shady, I appreciate the time you took to write the message. BUT I HAVE ENABLED THAT! I know a little bit more about computers then you think, this isn't some simple fix that you can fix by changing some settings in the bios. There is something wrong with the motherboard. IT WONT DETECT THE HARD DRIVE! The problem isn't booting from the drive its detecting it. The hard drive wont even show up in the bios. Even if what your suggesting is the problem, and I just need to switch that setting, then it still wouldn't matter because the BIOS doesn't see the hard drive that it would be booting off of. That option is enabled. The Hard drive does work on my computer so I know its not the hard drive. I have been working on this problem for 2-3 weeks and I have been through all the trial and error/process of elimination crap/all the basic possibilities. Something is not working with the motherboard and I either need to know how to make a cd that will reinstall the drivers without windows or He will have to buy a new motherboard. I also plugged an IDE drive that has windows installed on it and it started to boot windows for half a second and then gives a blue screen with a bunch of text on it for half a second and then restarts. I appreciate your guys' help, but Im not a noob, Ive been through all the basic fixes with this problem, all I need to know is can I make a bootable cd with the motherboards drivers that will boot without using windows, and How? Thanks
Jeff
