BIOS PROBLEM MY COMPUTER BIOS TAKE A LONG TIME TO SAVE ANY HARD OR CD ROM ETC I WANT TO GET RID OF THIS PROBLEM PLEASE HELP ME THANKS

Turn on the machine, press F12 once the Dell splash screen is displayed, the boot menu will show up. From the Boot Menu, use up-down arrow keys on the keyboard and highlight the CD/DVD/CD-RW and press Enter.You will see another menu, select "Boot from Cd-Rom" and press enter to select it. The system will boot up from the CD-Rom. Please note that this settings is only for one time boot, once the system is restarted, the boot sequence will be restored to the previous saved settings. If you wish to set it from the Bios, enter the Bios settings by hitting F2 or Delete (should be shown at the bottom of the Dell splash screen) while you see the Dell Splash Screen. In the Bios settings menu, go to Boot options and make the changes with the boot sequence.


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you need to change the BIOS setup. Go to the booting menu change the arrangement of your hardware.
1.Primary Disk (Hard disk) 2.CD/DVD ROM 3. Floppy 4.others
then save and exit. Your PC will reboot and MUST detect first your hard drive to proceed to your desktop..
I hope it will help you..

At power on, you should have an option to hit F12 or another key for boot options. From there choose CD/ROM

For boot from disk first you have to set first boot device option in BIOS.
for that when you power up the computer press F1 or F2 or "del" key to enter in bios.
Then go to boot menu then set first boot device as your cd/dvd rom.
then save settings then insert recovery diks in rom then check.
Then it boot from disk if your disk and cd.dvd rom works fine.
Let me know if you need more assistance.
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This is your computer emmory related issue.
RAm emory or harddisk.
If you have desk top rewfix RAM memory then boot your computer with winxp recovery or bootable disk.
For that when you power up the computer press F1 or F2 or "del" key for enter in bios then go to boot optiojn and set frist boot device as your cd or dvd rom then save and exit from bios.
Then put that disk in rom then it boot with it.
Then follow the procedure then enter in recovery console mode then type in prompt "chkdsk /r"
then press "y" then it fix error on harddisk.
Then check then if stillsame issue then choose repair option and repair your os.
let me know if you need more assistanse.
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Hello Sir,
While windows is booting first go to BIOS settings by pressing "Del" or "Esc" then change the boot priority that is save the first boot priority as cd-rom and second boot priority as hard drive... so that you can boot you system with bootable cd...
And then while formating the system just delete the partion that is only "c:/" and install the windows in to that and don't even do anything to your "d:/" drive then you can get all your data back... Abd the cd should be bootable format...

change the settings

Hello
First you need to make the computer to boot from the CD ,when the computer starts first time look for something that says to change boot order press F8 or similar.
If it's not there then look for another message that says to enter Setup press Del (or F2 etc) ,then scroll to Boot sequence or settings and change CD drive to first device then save settings and exit.

when u power up the computer press DEL or F2 or F10 F12 key to enter bios setup.
then go to boot option then set your dvd or cd as first boot device.

Hi, Based of your post/description and assuming not hardware problem, you may have to set up the priority boot device in the BIOS to CD. This will tell your mb to look for a boot medium from the cd first. This is normally in the Advance Setup/1st Boot Device. Of course soon as installed, you have to boot from the HD next time. Good luck and kind regards.