My first suggestion would be to clear the bios. Unplug the computer, open it up, find the Clear CMOS jumper, and install it across the center pin and the now open pin for about 5-10 seconds. Then, put it back to it's original position.

Reboot the computer, enter the CMOS setup, set everything to 'Set Default Settings' and then go back into Windows and see what it reports.

I don't know why, on a new hard drive, that it would report being something it wasn't, unless there was some utility on the e-machines disk that was able to reflash the bios, which is very unlikely.

Gary


I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!