Boot up problem corrected to a point,found some info at my Compaq site

Had the system32 error...corrected that..defragged and optomized computer...seems much better..but I still get the black screen, requiring me to Hit F1 to continue...Please advise...
Thank you,

PS..
I also cannot get into my BIOS as well..my access is through hitting F10, which is impossible to do with this problem at hand...

I was advised by Compaq Help to Upgrade my BIOS..made an attempt, but when it came to getting out of the setup the commands I used..A:\exit would not work. Reboot could not happen. Any thoughts or suggestions on the command I should have used?
Thank you,
Eric

 

Never mind........Looks like I need to learn to read as well as spell.

Sorry, back to the thinking position.

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Don't think I'm going out on a limb by assuming this is connected to the original posted problem of:

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23252

Just for F.Y.I. please remember to keep your threads together in the original post so others can follow what is going and what has gone on.

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Can you quote the exact error message? Guess I shouldn't have edited my post when I started this thread. Looks like a Bios glitch.

I'm still backing out of this post as you were in far far better hands then I could hope to be in very long time. Newt is one of the very best. Hang in there.....