Windows 98 Reformatting Problem

[muchspl2]

just switch the jumper to clear the password, when I managed a RTO dumb ass would Password protect the bios, so when we would repo it we constantly had to clear the cmos because they wouldn't give us the PW

[scottwile]

i talked with my dad and now i have the password a blue screen comes up saying

Rom PCI/ISA BIOS (((TXP4)))
CMOS SETUP UTILITY


STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP
PNP AND PCI SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
LOAD BOS DEFAULTS


ESC: QUIT UP/DOWN/RIGT/LEFT: SELECT
F10: SAVE AND EXIT SETUP SHIFT F2:CHANGE COLOR

blue are things that can be opened

[scottwile]

i talked with my dad and now i have the password a blue screen comes up saying

Rom PCI/ISA BIOS (((TXP4)))
CMOS SETUP UTILITY


STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP
PNP AND PCI SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
LOAD BOS DEFAULTS


ESC: QUIT UP/DOWN/RIGT/LEFT: SELECT
F10: SAVE AND EXIT SETUP SHIFT F2:CHANGE COLOR

[scottwile]

sorry, the red font is there to show the two seprate lists

[skelley521]

lol, I ate to much and had to take a nap

ok, first of all, be careful and make sure you pay attention so you dont make any changes that you dont want.
You can always hit Esc on the keyboard to back out of any screen if you dont see what you are looking for.
It will be in the Bios setup, look for boot sequence.
Use the arrow keys to get to it and the page up/page down to select the different options. Try and make A the first option, then cdrom and then C if you can.
Or cdrom,A,C..............If not just get A and C in there for now.

Once you do this make sure you save and exit setup.
Now reboot with the floppy and select: with cdrom support.
and follow the steps we mentioned earlier.

Hope this helps.
Steve

[scottwile]

steve, i am trying it all right now it seem to be going good. it said wait a few minutes so i thought i would thank you for everything. you are the most helpful person i have ever talked to, thanks a million
hopefully i won't have any more question but if so i'll post them
thanks
scott

[skelley521]

Glad to hear all is going well
I am going out of town for a month so if you have any more questions and I dont respond you will know why....lol.

Just remember that once the partition is set and format is complete you will be back at the A:
Just type autoexec or setup and it will start the windows installation from the cdrom (dont forget to have it in...lol)

Glad to of helped,
Steve