I've recently networked the two computers in my house, but have no idea if the problem I'm suffering from has anything to with this, or whether it's a coincidence. The problem has however only occurred since I've tinkered.

The problem is the machine with two NICs in it. Generally, it works well. It occasionally makes odd noises (hence my thinking it's a hard disk problem) but scandisk works fine, it boots fine etc.

Since networking the 2 PCs, this one stays on pretty much all the time.

However, about every 8 hours or so, it dies. No 'Blue Screen of Death' but straight to a black screen with:

Boot Failure
Insert Boot diskette in A:
Press any key when ready

When this happens, I can reboot and everything works well for another few hours.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Ed

Oh yes, Win 98 SE