Re: Booting of PC and Viewing the POST
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:03:30 -0700
Ted Zieglar wrote:
> On most computers running Windows (if not all) you access the BIOS by
> restarting the computer and constantly tapping either F2 or Delete.
Note that what operating system you have installed, or even whether *any*
operating system is installed, is completely irrelevant to how the BIOS
setup program is accessed. It's definitely not true that all computers use
F2 or Delete, although Delete in particular is very common.
How to get into your BIOS depends, not on Windows, but on what
motherboard/BIOS you have. As a matter of fact, you have to access the BIOS
before Windows even starts to boot. One common way is to press the Del key
when you first power on, but that's not necessarily right for your computer.
Watch the screen carefully when you first boot; there's often a message
there telling you what to do. If not, check your system documentation or
check with your vendor.
Also look here: http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
Or just try the Del key. That's very common (much more so than F2) and
there's a good chance that's correct for you.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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