Morning all,

Last night just as I was abt to open my machine to remove the battery
thought I should give a last go. I rebooted the machine and tried F8, <tab>
and <del> keys with no luck. Then I decided to "press and hold" tab key while
its rebooting, and this did the trick and prompted me to press del for BIOS
settings.

I then enabled "Quick Boot" and saved changes, and off it go, the system
came up. I've learned never to mess with BIOS.
Many thanks for your inputs gents.

Moja


"Harry Ohrn" wrote:

> I'm assuming that you have changed the BIOS setting back again right? In any
> event disabling Quick Boot should not cause this problem. Is it possible
> that you made other changes while in the BIOS? Take a look at the Boot
> Sequence or Boot Order. It should be listed something like this
> First device - Floppy
> Second device - CD-Rom
> Third device - HD0
> Fourth device - Disabled
>
> Different BIOS's have different terms for these settings but you should be
> able to sort it once you can see them.
> check here for info on how to access different BIOS types
> http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/rein...nter-BIOS.html
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "Moja" <Moja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76515EC4-C10B-49D7-BD16-BA07683C5411@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > For some stupid reason(which I regret) , I changed the preference of my
> boot
> > at the BIOS stage(inital setup), i.e. I disabled "Quick Boot" and now my
> PC
> > (Win XP) is forever rebooting.
> >
> > Its been rebooting for the last 24 hours, hanging on the "press <tab> or
> > <del>" stage. Can anyone plse help.
> >
> >
> >
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