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Accessing BIOS On Windows ME

teddy710
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Been trying to figure out how to access the BIOS in my old computer that runs Windows ME and so far holding F10 (If i remember from last night correctly) was only thing that worked. But when I got into it I couldn't find out where to change the startup to the CD I had put into it. Its Compaq by the way. I need help installing Xubuntu on to the computer along with which settings and all I need to change and such. Please help and anything will be appreciated! Thanks!

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maybe take a picture with a smartphone and post it or something?  It should all be fairly obvious but if there is something unusual it would help to see it :)

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If it's an Award BIOS then probably:"BIOS FEATURES SETUP" > Boot Sequence > Change to "CDROM,C,A" as far as my memory serves.

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16 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

This is by pressing F10

Ok my guess is that there is something under either "storage" or "advanced" about setting the boot order

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41 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

There is. I changed the boot order so the CD-ROM was first but still nothing changed

did you save it?  Do you need to hit a key to make it try cd on boot?  Is the CD corrupt or not bootable or something?

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

did you save it?  Do you need to hit a key to make it try cd on boot?  Is the CD corrupt or not bootable or something?

Only thing I can think of is that the CD is too new? if that's even possible. if so my friend has some he says are specifically for linux and such but I didn't ask much about them

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1 minute ago, teddy710 said:

Only thing I can think of is that the CD is too new? if that's even possible. if so my friend has some he says are specifically for linux and such but I didn't ask much about them

It's possible.  Or it's a DVD or something :P 

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Just now, teddy710 said:

It's a DVD... I couldn't find any CD's

oh well that would do it.  Do you actually have a DVD drive then?  Because if not, it may as well have a disk of cardboard in it - equal chances of getting that to boot ;)

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

oh well that would do it.  Do you actually have a DVD drive then?  Because if not, it may as well have a disk of cardboard in it - equal chances of getting that to boot ;)

harsh, but rookie mistaake??????? lol I'll look for a CD then I'll tell you how it goes!

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38 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

I got itttttttttt!!!! Yes!!!

nice :)

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