Michael D. Spence wrote:
> In every case, I can see the CD light blink, but then I get a message
> from the BIOS that indicates there's nothing on the disk (each computer
> has a different message because they all have a different BIOS).
> 
> ISTM that the boot blocks aren't getting written.  Should this be
> expected when an ISO image is copied onto a CD-ROM?  If not, how do
> I get this to happen?

Can you boot a diagnostic CD or Windows CD on these machines?
Something like Mem86 or http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/...?

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-Chuck