I downloaded the mentionned programs and burnt erd 50 onto a cd as instructed , it looked like an iso but the actual properties said "a magic iso document" so it was just "erd50" after inspecting the cd in the drive the new format was RAW I popped it into the broken computer and had no luck, I checked the boot devices they were in this order 1 cd rom 2 floppy 3 hd I tried both cd roms and tried it several times its still looping, any ideas? her computer does not have a dvd drive I dont know if that makes a differance since it was on a cd anyway and in RAW format. I located a bootable floppy for it too and decided to try it it worked and went top the dos screen and said something like a:/> so i suspect the disc is not working as intended.