Re: Booting of PC and Viewing the POST

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I appreciate the correction. Thanks.

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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
> Please reply to the newsgroup
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>

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