Re: Computer will not boot up from diskette or CD-ROM

In news:2526989A-FFC7-4C93-92F7-05C1B65FCC06@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
sgtjdc <sgtjdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> How can I interrupt the BIOS set up when in order to do so I have to
> hit the Delete key and the keyboard is not responding?
>
> The keyboard and mouse work in another computer.
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:90C23928-7C59-4501-9DAB-3E6A2BEA0FC8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> sgtjdc <sgtjdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> My computer running Win 2000 Pro. does not recognize the keyboard or
>>> the mouse. I tried to boot from a DOS diskette or a Norton Utilites
>>> CD-ROM but it goes to Windows and ask for ctrl-alt-del. I cannot
>>> inturrupt the boot setup either.
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>
>> Check in your BIOS setup and set it to boot first to floppy, then to
>> CD, then to HDD.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
>> without them."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes

As Bob has suggested use a non-USB keyboard also, is it the DEL key that
needs pressing? I've seen them with everything from F1 to CRTL + ESC and
just ESC before. They can be pretty tricky like that and unfortunately
there's no de-facto standard for that at this time that I'm aware of but
most seem to like the ESC key that I've been buying lately. When you first
boot turn your monitor on first and boot, it will hopefully say something
about which key to press to enter setup, if not then while it's still
receiving a signal try rebooting it again just to see if it does so. If it
does then you will want to press whatever key/combination of keys are
required to enter the BIOS setup utility.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes


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