Reinstalling Windows Millenium Problem

[dottore11]

Hi, I recently fdisked my c:/ drive and I was planning on reinstalling Millenium Edition, so that my laptop would be pretty much like new. Problem is, I have a compaq armada 7400 laptop, which has a removable cd bay and a floppy bay.. In other words, to reinstall Millennium, I need both the cd bay and the floppy at the same time normally. I know I can bypass this by modifying the BIOS of the laptop. I need help accessing the BIOS. Also, keep in mind I have to boot from a floppy just to get the computer to start. Thanks so much!

 

[doggard]

If you have another PC you can burn the ME OS and make it bootable CD if it not already then set the bios to boot from CD first.
Compaq bios entry is F12 or F10 at the Compaq logo if I'm not mistaken.

 

[dottore11]

Ok, thanks, I'll try that. I do have a desktop with a burner.

 

[dottore11]

Not working.... To access the BIOS, do I have to have the boot floppy in?

 

[dottore11]

Also, could the BIOS have gotten deleted when I repartitioned and reformated the drive?

 

[doggard]

Looks like you need to reinstall the bios to the harddrive via a Rompaq follow this link and select the correct model number of your laptop.

 

[dottore11]

Thanks, I have downloaded the Rompaq and will attempt to reinstall the bios now.. Thanks for your help so far, I may post again though.

 

[dottore11]

The rompaq installation went fine, but I still cannot access the BIOS! I am pressing f10 at the Compaq screen. I also tried f12. Nothing... Am I overlooking something?

 

[doggard]

After looking further I beleve you press the key when the curser flashes in the right corner of the screen.

 

[dottore11]

k, I'll try

 

[dottore11]

I only see the cursor flashing when I have the boot disk inserted, and I try f10 and f12... nothing