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Boot up problem

Mar 5, 2004 10:52PM PST

Something happened to my computer that causes me to have to press F1 to allow it to finish booting up. I turn it on and then a screen comes up that says press F1 to continue. After I do this everything is ok. I'm running Windows XP, and it's a Dell computer. Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks

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Re:Boot up problem
Mar 6, 2004 12:22PM PST

Any other information on the screen?
For example: A:/ not detected?
Any other info.

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Re:Boot up problem
Mar 7, 2004 1:07PM PST

Check your BIOS setup. The Master Hard disk is not being recognised by the system. Mark it NONE instead of Unknown.