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Need serious Windows XP help

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Doum

Flightless Bird
=?Utf-8?B?SmFtZXM=?= <James@discussions.microsoft.com> écrivait
news:6D3B207C-E9DF-4C1A-84ED-CA3F29EDE6E8@microsoft.com:

> I tried following the instructions and when i hit the break/pause key
> it takes me to the screen to either choose either Post or BIOS Setup.
> When i hit Del for BiOS setup it just goes right back to restarting my
> computer and it cycles through the same message saying it cannot
> finish the setup in safemode.
>

I've just visited the Cyberpower site and went to support and Drivers
downloads take you to links to other companies like Intel, Asus, Western
Digital, etc. so they seems to use well known parts for their machines
(which looks like fine machines too).

So the idea is to find out what is the brand and model of the motherboard
that was used in your system, download the manual from that board
manufacturer and find out what is the key to use to enter the BIOS.

When you hit the break/pause key, it stops the boot process at the point
where you hit the key, when you press any other key it resumes that process
from where it was stopped. So if your key to enter the BIOS is Delete and
you hit it while the boot process is paused, hitting Delete will merely
resumes the boot without entering the BIOS. IOW you cannot hit the BIOS key
while the boot process is paused.

So if you want to enter the BIOS, power on the computer and at the instant
something appears on the screen, tap the Delete key once every second until
you see a message like "Entering setup".
(or whatever key it is for the BIOS, could be an "F" key, my Acer laptop
uses F2).

F8 won't help because the F8 menu comes from Windows so the system is
already starting from the hard drive. Some Asus motherboard uses F8 to
choose the drive to boot from if you press it early enough in the process.

And if you use an USB keyboard, the key will be recognize only after the
BIOS has initialized the USB ports, that's why you should tap the key
(Delete?) a few times.

HTH
 
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sgopus

Flightless Bird
Remove the hard drive, and install in a different computer, format it .
See if you can get access to the Bios now, if so change the boot order and
shut down and install the hd boot to the cd and install the OS.

"James" wrote:

> At this point it wont even go back to the cd boot. With or without the CD it
> goes straight to the box stating it cannot finish the setup in safemode. Is
> there something i can do prior to it getting to this point to boot off the
> CD?
>
> "Lem" wrote:
>
> > Lem wrote:
> > > James wrote:
> > >> CyberpowerPC is just a company that custom makes computers.
> > >> http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/
> > >>
> > >> Yes that screenshot is exactly what i did. I did not choose the
> > >> repair option.
> > >> "Daave" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> James wrote:
> > >>>> I am not sure and appologize if this is the wrong forum for this but
> > >>>> i need some serious help. I tried looking all over the internet and
> > >>>> only found partial solutions but i cannot do any of them, i will
> > >>>> start from the begnning.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have Windows XP Pro SP2, last week i got a virus (digital
> > >>>> protection i belive).
> > >>> Instead of formatting the hard drive right off the bat, give this a
> > >>> shot:
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-digital-protection
> > >>>
> > >>> .
> > >>>
> > >
> > > What happens if you press R? If you indeed get to the Recovery Console type
> > > bootcfg /rebuild
> > >
> > > Follow the directions. When you get to the prompt to "enter OS load
> > > options" type
> > > /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
> > >
> > > When you have finished, type
> > > exit
> > > to close the Recovery Console and reboot.
> > >

> >
> > Of course, fixing boot.ini *shouldn't* be necessary if you really are
> > booting from the CD ... but it's worth a try.
> >
> > --
> > Lem
> >
> > Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:
> > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
> > .
> >
 
S

sgopus

Flightless Bird
To change the BIOS boot sequence of a computer, restart it and press F2 to
initiate system BIOS setup. This was copied from cyberpower forum.

"James" wrote:

> Yeah i know doing this will wipe my hard drive clean and thats what i want to
> do. I dont have anything personal on my desktop, so thats not a problem to
> me. I cant do anything outside of the F8 screen and the break/pause button
> screen. Sorry i dont know the name of those two screens.
>
> "Daave" wrote:
>
> > James wrote:
> > > I am not sure and appologize if this is the wrong forum for this but
> > > i need some serious help. I tried looking all over the internet and
> > > only found partial solutions but i cannot do any of them, i will
> > > start from the begnning.
> > >
> > > I have Windows XP Pro SP2, last week i got a virus (digital
> > > protection i belive).

> >
> > Instead of formatting the hard drive right off the bat, give this a
> > shot:
> >
> > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-digital-protection
> >
> >
> > .
> >
 
S

sgopus

Flightless Bird
Also check out this link on altering Bios using cyberpower pc's, and other
useful info.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/bootcddvd.htm

"James" wrote:

> Yeah i know doing this will wipe my hard drive clean and thats what i want to
> do. I dont have anything personal on my desktop, so thats not a problem to
> me. I cant do anything outside of the F8 screen and the break/pause button
> screen. Sorry i dont know the name of those two screens.
>
> "Daave" wrote:
>
> > James wrote:
> > > I am not sure and appologize if this is the wrong forum for this but
> > > i need some serious help. I tried looking all over the internet and
> > > only found partial solutions but i cannot do any of them, i will
> > > start from the begnning.
> > >
> > > I have Windows XP Pro SP2, last week i got a virus (digital
> > > protection i belive).

> >
> > Instead of formatting the hard drive right off the bat, give this a
> > shot:
> >
> > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-digital-protection
> >
> >
> > .
> >
 
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