it wont.<P>the repair disk wont even be able to find the windows install TO repair, because its an inaccessible device<P>because it _doesnt know_ how to talk to the motherboards hard drive ...

setup:w2k sp2 on a dell dimension xps r350350mhz pentium II2 128 SDRAM PC-100 DImms for a total of 256mb ram2 ide hard drives - ide channel 0drive 0: 8gb ibm primary boot drive drive 1: 40gb ...