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Old 11-06-2009
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Dell BIOS screen question

GM, i have a dell inspiron 531 when turned on it goes into f1 to boot or f2 to set up
how do i fix this. running windows vista
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Try repairing Vista startup by booting from a Vista install DVD and selecting the repair options. If you press F1, will Vista start, or do you get a black screen?
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Old 11-07-2009
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Dell Inspiron 531

No black screen, I get the screen with the SATA settings and it tells me to F1 to reboot or F2 to set up settings.
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Either your Hard Drive(s) are configured incorrectly or the boot drive settings have changed. The C drive may have gone bad
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