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How to access Compaq Armada 7800 BIOS?
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Tha RagMan
Jan 17, 2008, 10:50:38 AM1/17/08
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Have a friend with a puter problem that I would like to help out, as
he can hardly afford to replace his old laptop. Due to some nasty
infection that I have not been able to get out, we have come to the
conclusion that a format and reload would be the key to get the old
Compaq Armada 7800 back up and running. This old puter only has a CD
drive and no floppy. It currently runs Win2K OS. My idea was to burn
the Win98 bootup files to a CD on my puter, change the boot sequence
to the CD drive in the Compaq then boot from the CD and format. BIG
PROBLEM! If this will even work I can't get into the Compaq's BIOS.
I've tried every F key during bootup and nothing works. I also tried
Esc as well as Del and nothing. Two questions. How can I get into the
BIOS and if I do, will my idea work? Thanks in advance for any help
you might be able to offer.
Tha RagMan
he can hardly afford to replace his old laptop. Due to some nasty
infection that I have not been able to get out, we have come to the
conclusion that a format and reload would be the key to get the old
Compaq Armada 7800 back up and running. This old puter only has a CD
drive and no floppy. It currently runs Win2K OS. My idea was to burn
the Win98 bootup files to a CD on my puter, change the boot sequence
to the CD drive in the Compaq then boot from the CD and format. BIG
PROBLEM! If this will even work I can't get into the Compaq's BIOS.
I've tried every F key during bootup and nothing works. I also tried
Esc as well as Del and nothing. Two questions. How can I get into the
BIOS and if I do, will my idea work? Thanks in advance for any help
you might be able to offer.
Tha RagMan
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