^i suspect this is a hardware fault and will look out for a new machine. My thanks to anyone who had a look.

A good video guide to full install: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=201565&search_id=1358540782#201565 Hello everyone, I followed this tutorial precisely. It was excellent. However:- When selecting the Linux partition (sda1) in the grub boot menu, it reads: Error 15: File not found ...