Subj : Re: installing Linux on Win2000 HD, boot order mixed up, nothing working
To   : microsoft.public.win2000.setup,comp.os.linux
From : mjt
Date : Fri Jul 30 2004 10:51 pm

John wrote:

> The boot device order prevents booting from the CD drive as long as 
> there is a bootable hard drive there...and being locked out of the BIOS 
> prevents any alteration to this configuration.

.... most computers these days have a "password reset"
feature built into the motherboard. normally it's a
jumper that you simply remove (or cover) and boot up.
if i were you, i'd open the box up and check for it.

unless, of course, you've put a padlock on the computer
and have lost that too 
 :)
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