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PaulFXH
Hi
I use a Dell 4550 desktop with a multi-boot system (WinXP and several
Linux distros).
As expected, when I boot up, a boot option menu appears allowing me to
choose which OS I want to use.
However, yesterday, things changed. After, temporarily changing the
boot sequence in BIOS such that the floppy drive was the first to be
checked for bootable media, the boot option menu on start-up
disappeared.
Instead, I get a non-GUI screen showing the following:
F1 ??
F2 ??
Default: F2
This times out after about 10 seconds and WinXP launches, thereby
by-passing my boot option menu. If I press F1, I'm brought to the Dell
Diagnostics routine.
I did actually run the diagnostics (advanced) and no hardware problems
were indicated.
Can anybody suggest to me what may have gone wrong and how to get back
to where I was?
Thanks
Paul
Dell 4550 Desktop
CPU P4, 2.53 GHz
1.0 GB RAM
I use a Dell 4550 desktop with a multi-boot system (WinXP and several
Linux distros).
As expected, when I boot up, a boot option menu appears allowing me to
choose which OS I want to use.
However, yesterday, things changed. After, temporarily changing the
boot sequence in BIOS such that the floppy drive was the first to be
checked for bootable media, the boot option menu on start-up
disappeared.
Instead, I get a non-GUI screen showing the following:
F1 ??
F2 ??
Default: F2
This times out after about 10 seconds and WinXP launches, thereby
by-passing my boot option menu. If I press F1, I'm brought to the Dell
Diagnostics routine.
I did actually run the diagnostics (advanced) and no hardware problems
were indicated.
Can anybody suggest to me what may have gone wrong and how to get back
to where I was?
Thanks
Paul
Dell 4550 Desktop
CPU P4, 2.53 GHz
1.0 GB RAM