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by melle
Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:49 am
Forum: General BIOS Questions
Topic: formatted HD, now no access to BIOS..?
Replies: 7
Views: 5879

more joy!

A bit more joy.. I now seem to have another problem that may or may not be related. I've been trying to install XP via the downloaded boot disks, which then lead into the CDrom, and it goes all the way to the CDrom. It went fine and I chose to format and then install, the formatting went fine and th...
by melle
Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:44 pm
Forum: General BIOS Questions
Topic: formatted HD, now no access to BIOS..?
Replies: 7
Views: 5879

No, I'm using a 'normal' keyboard, and can type at other stages of the startup. To be honest I don't think I've ever accessed the BIOS, I've only gone into BIOS recently on my dad's computer (which I'm using now), so perhaps I've never been able to get into it on my computer? It's an American Megatr...
by melle
Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:11 pm
Forum: General BIOS Questions
Topic: formatted HD, now no access to BIOS..?
Replies: 7
Views: 5879

formatted HD, now no access to BIOS..?

I just wiped my HD tonight and now nothing seems to be working.. I was running windows ME but want to install XP home, and decided to wipe my HD and start fresh. After looking around at info, and reading that the XP cdRom may not do a complete wipe, I decided to do format c: /u first, then planned t...