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Unable to access Setup/BIOS
follow-up from previous answer (posted at 1644 CST 2Sep03)
SP2141 & SP2373 are the correct Setup and Diags for this model. Create the floppies from the softpaq files (by executing SP2141.EXE and executing SP2373.EXE), and with the new hard drive blank, boot the SP2141 floppy disk. This will put Setup on the hard drive. It should ask for the Diags diskette. When it does, insert the disk that SP2373.EXE created. When it finishes, the 'non-dos' partition will have been created on your new hard drive. This is the partition that your computer boots to when the F10 key is pressed when the solid rectangular block is in the upper right hand corner of the screen on boot up. You can now load the operating system on the hard drive. Mike in Houston "chas samuels" wrote in message ... Was given a Compaq 4784 machine without the harddrive and its cable. Installed a spare harddrive which the machine recognized. I could partition, format and transfer system files to it OK. But, when I boot up the machine, I'm unable to access the CMOS Setup when the cursor blinks in the upper right hand corner of the screen. I downloaded the appropriate (I think) softpaqs for the Setup but when I try to use it, I get a message indicating my machine is the wrong one. Is there a work-around or cure for this problem? Thanks in advance. |
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