Many thanks for your reply and for the welcome to the forum.
Here goes:-
PC1 - ASUS P4PE motherboard with circa 10/2002 BIOS.
http://support.asus.com/download/downlo ... lname=P4PE
Windows XP SP3, 2GB RAM, Liteon DVD-ROM drive and a Sony DVD rewriter, 256MB PNY NVIDIA GE-Force AGP 8x graphics card, onboard SoundMax audio. 2 of Western Digital PATA HDDs, 320GB each.
PC2 - VIA P4V88 motherboard with 2005 BIOS - version 1.80.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=p4v88
Windows 7 Pro, 2GB RAM, Liteon DVD-ROM drive and a Sony DVD rewriter, 256MB PNY NVIDIA GE-Force AGP 8x graphics card, Creative soundcard, 2 of Western Digital PATA HDDs, 160 and 200GB each.
I hope this helps - please let me know if you need any more info.
I am using Puppy version 4.3.1.
Have already got the CD burning software(s), such as Nero 9 and ImgBurn.
As you can see from my post above, I have tried to run from the CD with Puppy 4.31 burnt to it, but it gets as far as the "Puppy Linux loading essential files, please stand by...", and then the screen goes blank?Do not boot with the USB in. When you come to the desktop you can pop it in when Puppy finishes booting.
Are you able to advise from here onwards please?
Many thanks.
happy37