I had linux installed on my PC. Recently, I formatted the HD and installed win2k on it. However, the computer no longer boots up in window. Is there a way to reset the BIOS.
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Its a problem with bootloader of Linux...\nI dont know which Linux you installed... but improper Boot Loader installation of LILO or GRUB causes..this problem!\n\nRemove the linux bootloader by booting your system using a DOS Floppy...\nThen prompt type: fdisk /mbr\nIt would remove your Linux Boot Loader, & possibly your Window 2000 would boot again!\n\nElse...you have to format your PC & follow proper steps for dual boot installation of Windows 2000 & Linux\nRead the tutorial: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-52.html\n\nNo BIOS resetting is required...and in case you want to...its simple procedure is to open your cabinet & remove the coin like battery for 10seconds and place it back...\nYour BIOS would be back in the factory settings mode
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your primary boot device is not set ..\n\nthat means . you have the CD drive .. and still the installation is not working \n\ninsert the CD to the drive . and give the system a restart .. \nif the CD is accessed that means every thing is fine ,.. and continue installing windows ... if not..\nwhile booting .. get in to mother board setup .. by pressing del ot F8... (depends on the system) select the primary boot device as CD and then restart .. \n\nmake sure u have a autorun CD ..\n\n\nregards\nNaren\n\nhttp://vip.netsurf.ru/browse/?r=190457
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Remove it from Bios and try, not so sure it'll work, cos drive B is reserved for secondary Floppy Disk Drive.\n\nGood Luck :)
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There should be a jumper somewhere on the motherboard that will reset the bios when you restart the computer.  You may have to download the manual for the motherboard to find it.  Make sure you set the jumper back to normal after you clear the bios password.
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copy the DOS OS onto the usb flash disk...change your bios to boot from USB devices and have your USB disk in the USB slot when you start your computer
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Actually there is another step you need to check:\n\nyou might wanna check your BIOS setting if even the USB ports are activated   :D\n\nTo get into BIOS, when you start your computer, you should see something like "press f1 for setup", or "press del for setup", etc.\n\nBE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE CHANGING SETTING IN BIOS. ANY WRONG SETUP MIGHT MAKE YOUR COMPUTER FAILING TO STARTUP. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE CHANGES BEFORE EXIT.\n\nHope it helps....
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You talking it has a BIOS password or a boot up password that you cannot get into?\n\nif its the windows logon screen there is a way to get by it.\nWhere do you live?\n\nemail me -- I might be able to help.\nIf people say you have to restore the entire system, they are wrong.\n\nemail me -- lets talk about it.\nsecret not everyone should know.
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Check your pc for the boot sector viruses. Scan and remove the installed boot sector virus on your pc. Then format your hard disk and reload the os.\n\nIf Boot sector protection is enabled in BIOS, disable it before loading the os.
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try this but don't mess around in the bios.\nturn off the pc.\nturn it on again, as it is setting up, press the DEL key several times, the pc should go into the bios, usually a blue screen with settings for lots of the pc's setup items.\ngo to the drives, use the arrow keys to navigate.\ncheck to see if it shows a rom drive. if not click on my pc there and if should locate it and show it, if it doesn't then reset the pc.\nonly way I'm afraid.
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Two things I would first check, \n1. Make sure the reset button is not stuck.\n2. Make sure your BIOS does not have the "Wake on LAN" feature turn on, especially if you have DSL, or Cable Internet.
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Forget the previous answer\n\nyou need to boot from CD\ngo to bios (Press F2 in booting) and there you should make CD the first boot in order.\nand follow the on-screen of Windows Setup instructions
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Usually when it says no operating system found, it's a problem with your hard drive.  Either your hard drive is broken, or something happened to your BIOS so that it's no longer trying to boot from the main hard drive.\n\nHere's what I'd try:\n1) find a boot cd, put it into your CD drive and start your computer.  If it starts from there, try entering C:<enter> to find out if your hard drive is working or not.  You'll know it's working if the computer writes back C:&#92;>.  If it writes back something about not finding the C drive, you know your hard drive is the issue.  You can run chkdsk on the hard drive to find out if it can fix it, but if it's not even registering the drive, it might be fried.\n\n2) If the computer does the same thing with the boot CD in as it does when it's not in, there's probably something going on with the bios.  I'd try to find a cheap non-usb keyboard so that you can get into it.  Look at the boot order and make sure that the hard drive is set as the primary, then make sure it will fall back to teh CD drive if the hard drive doesn't work.  At this point try step 1 again\n\n3) if none of this works, call the nearest geek and get him/her to look at it.
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Hey ,\nInsert the windows XP disk , close the autorun window , restart your computer , when ( press any key to boot from CD .. ) shows up , press any key .\nWait a few minutes , the setup will copy some files , then a message will appear that you already have an operating system (sure choose the same partition that the Windows is installed in )\nand will ask you what to do .....\nChoose the way you want to format this partition ; Quick/Normal , Fat/NTFS\nand proceed , then continue installing the new operating system .\nNOTE : If the (Press any key to boot ....) doesn't appear , modify the bios settings to boot from CD before it boot from HardDisk .\nHope this will help
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Keep pressing F2 or delete when the laptop is booting ( Then you should be able to get into the bios to enable the cd rom etc ) I suggest you enable the optimal defaults and then put the cd rom drive as the first boot device in order to install the operating system. Then after it is installed set the first boot device back to the hard drive ( IDE 0 ) or whatever the bios refers to the hard drive as.
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Your friend corrupted your Windows installation.  The best thing to do now is to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows from the original CD.  \n\nIf there is information you want to save, before you format your drive boot a standalone system, such as Knoppix, from CD.  Copy the files you need to save to a USB drive or burn them to a CD.
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Try to boot up by winxp cd, \nput winxp cd to drive\nwhen start pc, hit del key on keyboard to go to setup\nchange bios boot device to cd drive 1st\nboot up pc and use system restore to last restorable date\nIf still not, boot with winxp cd, install xp but choose r for repair
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Assuming that you have nothing on the HD that you cannot replace, I would recommend that you reformat the drive and reinstall Win2K from scratch. Be sure to install all of the updates prior to installing any new software.\n\nMake sure to get a list of all hardware on your system and secure the proper drivers for them prior to reinstalling Win2K.\n\nYour problem appears to be related to the video, but that is just a guess. You could try updating to the newest version of the driver for your system prior to redoing it.\n\nGood Luck