Hi
I am seriously in need of some help. I am having some major issues with my PC and I am attempting to restore factory settings. It is a Time PC running XP Home. I have attempted to boot with the reload cd which came with the PC but I get the message "unable to determine bios lock" and to contact the manufacturer. Now Time went bust and the name is now used by a different company. Their "sales" line advise me I have to contact a support line costing £1 per minute but I do not wish to do this as I know I haven't done anything to cause this (install new hardware, etc). Microsoft were unable to help me as the OS was provided free with the PC and so is licensed to the manufacturer.
Anybody got any ideas?
(PS - the above £1/min support line's website is offering replacement reload disks, a bargain at £100 each! I shall get a new PC before paying that.)
I am seriously in need of some help. I am having some major issues with my PC and I am attempting to restore factory settings. It is a Time PC running XP Home. I have attempted to boot with the reload cd which came with the PC but I get the message "unable to determine bios lock" and to contact the manufacturer. Now Time went bust and the name is now used by a different company. Their "sales" line advise me I have to contact a support line costing £1 per minute but I do not wish to do this as I know I haven't done anything to cause this (install new hardware, etc). Microsoft were unable to help me as the OS was provided free with the PC and so is licensed to the manufacturer.
Anybody got any ideas?
(PS - the above £1/min support line's website is offering replacement reload disks, a bargain at £100 each! I shall get a new PC before paying that.)