re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' Monday, January 19, 2004 at 11:24 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ann Miller (3 messages posted) I finally got into the BIOS and changed the boot sequence so that it would boot from the cd-rom drive. I inserted my original Windows XP cd, restarted the computer, and I get nothing. The screen is blank, nothing loads. On Monday, January 19, 2004 at 10:56 am, Ricer46 wrote: >Getting into the BIOS has nothing to do with the OS, it's a matter of getting the >timing right. It's easiest to just start hitting the button repeatedly until something >happens. Getting into Safe Mode is a different matter. Again you should hit F8 repeatedly, >but it's common for people not to be able to get into Safe Mode with XP using the >F8 key. If you can't then you're somewhat in trouble. You can try to do a repair >re-installation: > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341 > >but that will mean booting from your CDROM, and you'll probably have to get into >the BIOS to do that. > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ricer46: Monday, January 19, 2004 at 10:56 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ann Miller: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 9:27 am) re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ricer46: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 10:28 am) re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ann Miller: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 10:51 am) re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ricer46: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 10:56 am) re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu' (Ann Miller: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 11:24 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum