Update
Ok...I've done some troubleshooting here. The hardware is fine. I have another identical computer and I swapped each piece out seperately - even the power supply.
I am perplexed now. Logically, it doesn't make sense to me. I simply started to run the DBAN floppy and it was halfway...
Thanks...I tried that, but it still didn't turn on, so I wasn't able to run the wipe yet. Is there a simple test for the power supply, so I can rule that out?
I have an older Sony Vaio (466) with a 10 GB hard drive that I am giving to a neighbor and I am trying to wipe the drive. It had been updated to WinXP Pro.
I followed the instructions and put the floppy in, booted, hit Enter...it showed "loading Kernel..." and adding a couple dots every few...
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