10 replies to this topic

[Billy Pumper]

i have a compaq presario 2100 amd athlon xp. anyway i am trying to reforat it and usually all i have to do is restart the comp with the xp cd in the drive but its not booting from the cd. i try to go to the bios and change the boot sequence by hitting F10 on start up like it says but it won't f*cking do it all it does is boot up windows. all i want to do is reformat this peice of sh*t and start from scratch wtf am i forgeting?

[ShLoNkY]

If you cant change it in the bios, make a boot disk and boot from that. You remember, the plastic things with the metal slidy thing that really isn't all that floppy at all....... use one of those.

P.S did you check out the DoNkY-Man going apesh*t in my sig?? HAHA

Edited by ShLoNkY, 02 February 2006 - 04:32 PM.

[Billy Pumper]

lol that made me laugh even though i am f*cking pissed

[vet.mad hatter]

my keyboard has a F-lock on it sometimes thats the problem. And my bios is delete.But you hit the key right when you see the first screen.and i usually hit it a few times

[Billy Pumper]

i don't have a floppy drive so ima try the delete button cross your fingers
didn't work

i hit delte and all it did was make loud ass beeping noises the proceded to load up windows, peice of sh*t

Edited by Billy Pumper, 02 February 2006 - 04:49 PM.

[wyte mafia]

i don't have a floppy drive so ima try the delete button cross your fingers
didn't work

i hit delte and all it did was make loud ass beeping noises the proceded to load up windows, peice of sh*t

did you make sure your "f lock" is on ?

[Billy Pumper]

ok well i figured i would try the online chat thing with hp and look where it got me lol


Billy Pumper: what else you want me to do

Alicia: Thats all.

Billy Pumper: its on

Alicia: Please let me know whether you are able to boot in.

Billy Pumper: ok so we proved i can make my comp work with an ac adapter without the battery what about getting into the bios menu so i can reformat

Alicia: Now please try to power on the notebook with the battery.
Billy Pumper: sigh ok

Billy Pumper: ok its now working like it was (just fine) with the battery

Alicia: Great!

Alicia: Is there anything else I can help you with today?

Billy Pumper: yes HOW DO I GET TO THE BIOS MENU so i can get the thing to reboot off of a cd instead of the harddrive so that i can REFORMAT
Alicia: Ok.

Alicia: Please press F2 key to enter into the BIOS.
Billy Pumper: ok ill try it for you

Billy Pumper: do i need to hit fn with f2?

Alicia: No.

Alicia: You have to hit only F2 key.

Billy Pumper: ok i held it down it went f*cking nuts beeping at me and then it booted up windows (what we didn't want it to do) btw i hit F2 and only F2 :)

Alicia: Please try once again just after you reboot the notebook.
Billy Pumper: ok ill try it for like the 4th time but only for you

Billy Pumper: its beeping again

Billy Pumper: ok just beeped at me then booted up windows

Billy Pumper: doesn't seem like we're getting very far :(

Alicia: I see.

Alicia: Please check whether the keys are working properly in windows.

Billy Pumper: ok

Billy Pumper: o yeah they work gr8

Billy Pumper: can we do this through cmdprompt

Alicia: May I know what you want to do through the cmd prompt?

Billy Pumper: is there a way to reformat or get to Bios through
cmd prompt i don't know im out of ideas

Alicia: I am afraid there is no other way to enter into the BIOS.

Billy Pumper: you think maybe i should shoot this peice of sh*t or hit it with a hammer then?

Billy Pumper: any better ideas

Alicia: It seems the issue is with the F2 as other keys are
working fine.

Billy Pumper: no you see F2 is working fine, you mean to say that if something isn't working that the key is simply not working. if it wasn't working it wouldn't beep the hell out of me when i pressed it, it would just boot up silently

Billy Pumper: anymore nuggets of wisdom

Alicia: In this case I can only suggest you to clear the CMOS battery of the notebook.

Alicia: May I know are you familiar with the disassembling of the notebook?

Billy Pumper: what the f*ck does taking the battery out have anything to do with the Bios

Billy Pumper: omfg you want me to void my warenty by taking this b*tch apart

Alicia: The CMOS battery is different from the notebook battery.

Alicia: The CMOS battery keeps all the information of the about the startup programs of the notebook.

Alicia: It is located on the motherboard of the notebook.

Billy Pumper: ok but i don't want to get out any tools for this

Billy Pumper: i'll "clear" anything you want me too since that is my ultimate goal but no taking sh*t apart

Alicia: In this case I suggest you to contact the nearest service center to clear the CMOS battery as it requires disassembling of the notebook.

Alicia: That is all I can suggest you.

Billy Pumper: ok well this was kind of a huge waste of time, you wanna waste some time on the clock and just chat though, where do you live?

Alicia: Thank you for using HP Total Care and giving us an opportunity to serve you through Real-Time Chat. A copy of our chat session will be e-mailed to you shortly. Please contact us again if you require any further assistance. We are available 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.
Alicia: Bye.....

[Billy Pumper]

yeah but when it resets will it erase everything or will it just boot the f*ck back up

[anadate]

thats some funny sh*t man..


ok now to edit in sh*t that might be useful

look

here

those were replies to this

Edited by anadate, 02 February 2006 - 07:17 PM.

[Billy Pumper]

um

[anadate]

thought it might help ... but i didn't know .. i still have a fit when reformating my old gateway pos