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 Oct 13 2005, 01:42 PM
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Was about to format my hard drive, and re-install a brand new copy of xp pro ( the one on the comp was an illegal copy apparently). every time i try to go into the bios it just will not let me. The start up order goes,,,,, Press f1 to enter bios, Press del to enter start up,, nothing happens when pressing the keys. then we go to,,,,,, cannott boot from floppy, cannott boot from cd rom,,,,,,,,, then ,,, INVALID BOOT INI FILE, booting from c/windows The computer then goes on to start properly and all is well. It wont let me boot from the new xp cd either. SO,,, in a nutshell, i cant get into the bios to change the order so i can boot from the xp disc, so i cant re format the drive. completly stuck on this one.????? i have tried everything, and am getting nowhere. HELP, PLEASE. AM GOING FN NUTS. CHEERS, KEV. |
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Oct 13 2005, 02:25 PM
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Philanthropical Physiognomist  Posts: 20,563 OS: Windows 98 Second Edition - XP Professional - Office 2003 Professional - XP Home Edition - Office XP Professional - Vista Home Premium - Vista Ultimate |
The hard drive maker is likely to have a bootable set up programme which will format the drive
You should boot the PC and keep tapping delete from the off to enter set then change the boot priority to CD ROM Drive then hard drive |
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Oct 13 2005, 04:33 PM
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What happens when you put the XP disk in while you're in windows and try to run it that way?
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Oct 13 2005, 04:35 PM
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 Moderator  Posts: 4,056 From: Saskatchewan, Canada OS: XP HE SP2; XP Pro SP2; Windows Vista Ultimate 
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Howdy:
You will probably get an error message stating what you are trying to do is not allowed.. Murray |
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