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Re: I can't get access to the Bios setup

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Sep 22nd, 2004

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Originally Posted by joshuu

I want to go to the bios setup to make some settings changes so that I can run windows startup disk as it not being recognised as of now.
The problem is that I cant get to the setup no matter how hard i try to do it .I tried pressing either esc, del, ctrl-esc,ctrl-alt-esc with no success and the system don't show that message 'strike a key to enter the setup'.I cant load the os as the system doesnt recognise the harddisk;'invalid system disk' it says.

Have you tried the function keys at startup. Usually F2 or F8, sometimes F1 or F4.

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Re: I can't get access to the Bios setup

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If people care to read the article I linked earlier in this topic, you'll find that it includes all the keypresses for just about any machine you could encounter, and they are organised in accordance with the systems they relate to.

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Re: I can't get access to the Bios setup

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Go to HP home page (they bought Compaq) and search for SP8126.EXE . It will create 3 dsk's . The setup.exe is on the 2nd. dsk.

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Re: I can't get access to the Bios setup

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Remove Battery 4 Ten Minutes And Replace It Or Buy A New One .

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Re: I can't get access to the Bios setup

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Originally Posted by cherylholmes

With my computer, I have to hit "f2" immediately as it is starting up...cheryl

ok my problem gave me a black and white diagram of a floppy disk and told me to insert system disk and hit f1. in reality the problem was the new UBS keyboard that i put in when i replaced it it was find.