[Problems accessing BIOS]

hello

this is the deal i'm trying to reformat windows xp on a computer that has alot of virus trojans.and when i reboot and try to get in the bios to config it to boot from the cd-rom first and it won't i hit f8,f10,delete and everything. the only thing i can do is start it from start and run and it won't fully take the old os off what should i do?

thanxs
jay

 

Some motherboards use the F1 key to get to the BIOS. If I do not know the motherboard, after pressing the power button, I jump to the keyboard and start tapping F1 and Delete keys alternately.

Still can't catch it. Hold down a key from the start, that should throw you to the BIOS with a keyboard error.

Matt

 

Do Petec's and mattman's suggestions first. If no luch try unhooking the hard drive and then see if you can get to the bios.

 

I had an old monitor and had to hold down the appropriate key while I turned the computer on. The monitor didn't initialize fast enough to wait for the cue to hit , in my case DEL, before it booted to the OS.