[pchelpers] Re: Computer won't boot

F8 is usually used in windows systems to bring up the windows boot menu. 
That is the one with choices between normal, safe mode, command prompt etc.

It comes after the BIOS entry opportunity, which is as soon as you see a 
message saying Press DEL (or something like that) to enter BIOS or 
settings or similar.

Jo Wells wrote:

>Thanks to everyone that responded.  I DID have to reformat the 
>drive.  I managed to get into setup by holding the 'insert' key down 
>as it booted - it went into Setup and I changed the boot sequence to 
>CDRom.  Then I tried to do a Repair on XP Pro, but I could not.  In 
>fact, I could not get back into Setup again either.  The only option 
>open to me was to format the drive and reinstall Windows, which I did.
>
>He said he had not opened any attachments in email.  Nor did he 
>notice any 'Santa' surprises.  I am thinking maybe it was a corrupt 
>BIOS.  One strange thing though, after reinstalling everything, I 
>wanted to go back into BIOS and change the boot sequence 
>back........hitting F8 takes me right back to the same window (Safe 
>Mode, normal boot into windows, etc.)  I cannot, for the life of me, 
>get into SetUp again.  This has been very strange.
>
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