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Cannot get into bios window! Help!

Started by Ferrante , Mar 08 2007 12:09 PM

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Ferrante

Posted 08 March 2007 - 12:09 PM

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For some reason my computer would not recognize my cd roms, so I pressed F2 and went into the bios window. I went to the area that showed the CD roms and hit Rset default. And I have screwed things up big time. No matter what i do, I cannot get back into that window. I have held down f2, f8, f10, delete, and other keys when booting up and nothing. However, when I hit f2 after a few seonds I get 2 icons on a screen that use to have about 50 and nothing else will happen. How can I get back into the bios and once there, what should I do to get it back where it was before I screwed things up? I am at the library and will return on Friday to check if anyone has responded. I have done all I could think of and would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks! I am using XP

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pip22

Posted 08 March 2007 - 03:32 PM

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Try F1. Unfortunately there is no "return to previous settings" option in the BIOS setup. You are supposed to make a note of current settings before changing anything. The only setting you needed to check or change was "First boot device" or sometimes it's called "boot sequence".

Edited by pip22, 08 March 2007 - 03:33 PM.