wrong forum, but need a quick answer...booting from a disk

[MrDingleDangle]

in the bios the harddrive is ranked 1 for boot order

u format the harddrive and have a bootdisk, but the bootdisk is ranked after the harddrive...

(bios has a password that no one knows)

 

[minendo]

Clear CMOS using the onboard jumper.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: minendo
Clear CMOS using the onboard jumper.

well im just trying to go around not knowing the bios first...i need to reformat the computer, but i dont wanna do it without being able to put in a bootup disk

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: minendo
Clear CMOS using the onboard jumper.

Or remove the battery for ~30 minutes.

 

[Ranger X]

Take the hard drive out, set it to slave, and format it from another computer.