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03-10-2008
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| Guest | Boot Screen When I powerup my PC It automatically goes to the boot screen. I have to press F1 to get to get past it and to the password screen. I had to reformat my hard drive last month and its been doing that since then. Any ideas? -- Deb |
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03-10-2008
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| Administrator | Re: Boot Screen  Quote: Originally Posted by Deb  When I powerup my PC It automatically goes to the boot screen. I have to press F1 to get to get past it and to the password screen. I had to reformat my hard drive last month and its been doing that since then. Any ideas? -- Deb Shawn |
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03-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Boot Screen enter the setup and exit with saving options. Jack "Deb" <Deb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:472DA6CA-DE77-4755-9C4B-30BD4E95736D@xxxxxx Quote: > When I powerup my PC It automatically goes to the boot screen. I have to > press F1 to get to get past it and to the password screen. I had to > reformat > my hard drive last month and its been doing that since then. Any ideas? > -- > Deb |
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03-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Boot Screen Brink, the screen that I get is: 1.0.3 Main processor: AMD athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ Memory Testing: 3079168k 0k + 64m shared SATA 0 ST3250820AS 3ADG SATA 1 ST3250820AS 3ADG SATA2 TSSTCORP DVD SATA3 NONE DISKETTE SEEK FAILURE STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, F2 FOR SETUP UTILITY. Brink, I have tried to go into the setup utility, but have not changed anything because unsure what to change if anything. Thanks for your time Deb Deb "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > Deb;641536 Wrote: Quote: > > When I powerup my PC It automatically goes to the boot screen. I have to > > press F1 to get to get past it and to the password screen. I had to > > reformat > > my hard drive last month and its been doing that since then. Any ideas? > > -- > > Deb > I'm sorry Deb, but exactly which boot screen does it go to for you at > startup? (EX: BIOS, Advanced Boot Options, Select OS, etc....) > > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > '*Vista x64 Forums*' > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| Guest | Re: Boot Screen "Deb" <Deb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4B9CBB1A-3F8D-4B7D-8E6E-D421C5463829@xxxxxx Quote: > Brink, > the screen that I get is: > 1.0.3 > Main processor: AMD athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ > Memory Testing: 3079168k 0k + 64m shared > SATA 0 ST3250820AS 3ADG > SATA 1 ST3250820AS 3ADG > SATA2 TSSTCORP DVD > SATA3 NONE > > > DISKETTE SEEK FAILURE > > STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, F2 FOR SETUP UTILITY. > > Brink, I have tried to go into the setup utility, but have not changed > anything because unsure what to change if anything. Thanks for your time > Deb > > Deb > > > "Brink" wrote: > Quote: >> >> Deb;641536 Wrote: Quote: >> > When I powerup my PC It automatically goes to the boot screen. I have >> > to >> > press F1 to get to get past it and to the password screen. I had to >> > reformat >> > my hard drive last month and its been doing that since then. Any ideas? >> > -- >> > Deb >> I'm sorry Deb, but exactly which boot screen does it go to for you at >> startup? (EX: BIOS, Advanced Boot Options, Select OS, etc....) >> >> Shawn >> >> >> -- >> Brink >> >> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* >> '*Vista x64 Forums*' >> (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) >> *Please post feedback to help others.* >> Looks like you have a bad floppy drive. I'd remove it (just pull all the plugs in the read of the drive for now). You should then get into BIOS (F2 before start) and change the boot sequence to get around the floppy. -- BobF. |
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03-10-2008
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| Administrator | Re: Boot Screen Quote: Originally Posted by Deb Brink, the screen that I get is: 1.0.3 Main processor: AMD athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ Memory Testing: 3079168k 0k + 64m shared SATA 0 ST3250820AS 3ADG SATA 1 ST3250820AS 3ADG SATA2 TSSTCORP DVD SATA3 NONE DISKETTE SEEK FAILURE STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, F2 FOR SETUP UTILITY. Brink, I have tried to go into the setup utility, but have not changed anything because unsure what to change if anything. Thanks for your time Deb Deb "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > Deb;641536 Wrote: > > I'm sorry Deb, but exactly which boot screen does it go to for you at > startup? (EX: BIOS, Advanced Boot Options, Select OS, etc....) > > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > '*Vista x64 Forums*' > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > You will just need to carefully look through each menu in the BIOS until you see these options above. Be careful to not change anything by mistake. There is a option to restore the default BIOS settings if you do set something wrong by mistake. Shawn |
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03-10-2008
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| Guest | Re: Boot Screen thank you I will try that. Thank you for your time -- Deb "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > Deb;641870 Wrote: Quote: > > Brink, > > the screen that I get is: > > 1.0.3 > > Main processor: AMD athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ > > Memory Testing: 3079168k 0k + 64m shared > > SATA 0 ST3250820AS 3ADG > > SATA 1 ST3250820AS 3ADG > > SATA2 TSSTCORP DVD > > SATA3 NONE > > > > > > DISKETTE SEEK FAILURE > > > > STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, F2 FOR SETUP UTILITY. > > > > Brink, I have tried to go into the setup utility, but have not changed > > anything because unsure what to change if anything. Thanks for your > > time > > Deb > > > > Deb > > > > > > "Brink" wrote: Quote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Deb;641536 Wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm sorry Deb, but exactly which boot screen does it go to for you at > > > > startup? (EX: BIOS, Advanced Boot Options, Select OS, etc....) > > > > > > > > Shawn > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Brink > > > > > > > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > > > > '*Vista x64 Forums*' > > > > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) > > > > *Please post feedback to help others.* > > > > > > > Oh ok Deb. This is you preboot screen where it is running a system and > memory check before boot. The error indicates that the BIOS is set to > look for a bad or nonexistant disk drive. My guess a bad floppy drive. > Go into the F2 BIOS setup options and look in the Boot management area. > It may be called something else in your BIOS. Disable the search and/or > boot order listing for the floppy drive option to stop it from looking > for the drive. You can also enable a "Quick boot" option to not see this > preboot screen anymore. > > You will just need to carefully look through each menu in the BIOS > until you see these options above. Be careful to not change anything by > mistake. There is a option to restore the default BIOS settings if you > do set something wrong by mistake. > > Shawn > > > -- > Brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > '*Vista x64 Forums*' > (http://www.vistax64.com/index.php?referrerid=2980) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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