OK, that's nice to know. More or less the conclusion I drew: I did start to go through a boot from the install CD, but it loaded all the mini ports and then just hung up! So I couldn't even get to the damned repair options. I can't even to a re-install over what's on the disk, either. I am utterly frustrated by this, as it's the first time in a long time that I have gone through everything I can think of only to have no sucess.