Quote Originally Posted by zENGER
Just curious, why did your dad let your format a machine that he brought home from work? Why did he have it to start with? Did they give it to him because it was broke in the first place?
its just a machine they gave to him to use, like 2 or more years ago. Its been sitting around gathering dust for more then 3/4 of a year and when I mentioned something about buying a laptop he said that since he didn't use that one anymore I could fool around with it. And if something went wrong he could alway's take it back, or something like that.
The formating was because of a log on procedure wich wouldn't give me any rights.

Quote Originally Posted by nihil
1. Try removing the CMOS battery from the motherboard for 24 hours. It is a button cell on the motherboard. You also need to have it unplugged from the mains, and disconnected from the battery. This might clear the BIOS and allow you to change the boot sequence.
Tried it, didn't work.

Quote Originally Posted by acidtone
Just another idea on this.

But you said that you are able to get into the BIOS menu..

have you tried pressing CTRL + F1 to make any hidden menu's appear.?
Maybe try that and see if anything pops up from hiding.?

cheers
acidtone
Nice idea I'l give it a shot tomorow or maybe tonight. Will edit my post with the results.


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