Re: RE-boot issues-XP Home

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AC wrote:
Thanks for your insight , Pegasus (and proper scolding on backing up to
USB--shoulda, coulda, woulda--and now I regret it!) And, I appreciate the
tip about defrag--dang! Wish I had known that one sooner. I have a feeling
that's what threw this laptop into a tailspin.


there is no indication that you lost data. defrag is irrelevant

just get to the BIOS

immediately when the compute loads up, hit DEL over and over again

if it goes into windows, then del wasn't the key to hit

restart the computer...

immediately when the compute loads up, hit F2

e.t.c. try F1, try other keys

Get to the BIOS!


Then you can either do a win xp repair off the cd.

Or you can load Win XP PE and back up for data e.g. to USB.
So whatever you mess up after that, you have your data backed up

Let's see if you can get to the BIOS

.

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