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 controllers ...
setup:<BR>w2k sp2 on a dell dimension xps r350<BR>350mhz pentium II<BR>2 128 SDRAM PC-100 DImms for a total of 256mb ram<BR>2 ide hard drives - ide channel 0<BR>drive 0: 8gb ibm primary boot drive ...