Cannot access setup screen

[Guest]

I recently replaced a faulty hard drive. I have been trying to install a new
Windows Home XP OS without success. I have downloaded a Windows Setup Program
to six floppy disks - thinking that these disks may help with the
installation problem. But now I find that I am unable to access the 'setup'
function on by computer. I need to be able to change the boot option to
'floppy', but cannot do so because I cannot access the setup screen.
When I turn the computer on, I am told to press the 'del' button for setup,
but when I press this button there is no response from the computer.

Does anyone know how I can restore access to 'setup'.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I recently replaced a faulty hard drive. I have been trying to
install a new Windows Home XP OS without success. I have downloaded a
Windows Setup Program to six floppy disks - thinking that these disks
may help with the installation problem. But now I find that I am
unable to access the 'setup' function on by computer. I need to be
able to change the boot option to 'floppy', but cannot do so because
I cannot access the setup screen.
When I turn the computer on, I am told to press the 'del' button for
setup, but when I press this button there is no response from the
computer.

Does anyone know how I can restore access to 'setup'.

You may be too slow in pressing Del. There's only a small window of time for
it to work. Start pressing it repeatedly and quickly as soon as you power
on.

By the way, you don't need the diskettes, and what you should be changing
the boot option to is to boot from the CD drive first. A normal Windows XP
installation is done by booting from the Windows installation CD.