When I start up, i get a message "f1 to restart or f2 to enter set

[Guest]

What do i do?? My computer starts up and goes threw the process of booting
up, but then i get one beep from the computer and this message "f1 to restart
or f2 to enter setup" shows up. there is nothing said before to identify this
problem. When i hit F1 the message repeats itself. when i hit F2 i enter
setup but i find nothing wrong with it. i can't enter my desktop from this
point.

During the startup if i were to hit F12 i enter a menu. I can select a
number of options. I can enter safe mode, set-up, normal, or utilities
partition. Only the utilities partition works. All the other options lead to
the same message.

Can someone help me???

Before I format everything and this is something i really dont want to do.

 

[Vagabond Software]

What do i do?? My computer starts up and goes threw the process of booting
up, but then i get one beep from the computer and this message "f1 to restart
or f2 to enter setup" shows up. there is nothing said before to identify this
problem. When i hit F1 the message repeats itself. when i hit F2 i enter
setup but i find nothing wrong with it. i can't enter my desktop from this
point.

During the startup if i were to hit F12 i enter a menu. I can select a
number of options. I can enter safe mode, set-up, normal, or utilities
partition. Only the utilities partition works. All the other options lead to
the same message.

Can someone help me???

Before I format everything and this is something i really dont want to do.

Something is wrong with your hardware. Next time you see the message, enter the BIOS setup and look through all the menus for a "Load Fail-Safe Settings" or "Load Factory Default" settings option and use that setting and see if your computer still has issues.

carl

 

[Yves Leclerc]

This message usually indicates a BIOS setting problem. These problems are
usually cause by a weak CMOS/BIOS battery. You can replace this battery
since it is usually a coin-cell watch battery.

What do i do?? My computer starts up and goes threw the process of booting
up, but then i get one beep from the computer and this message "f1 to
restart
or f2 to enter setup" shows up. there is nothing said before to identify
this
problem. When i hit F1 the message repeats itself. when i hit F2 i enter
setup but i find nothing wrong with it. i can't enter my desktop from this
point.

During the startup if i were to hit F12 i enter a menu. I can select a
number of options. I can enter safe mode, set-up, normal, or utilities
partition. Only the utilities partition works. All the other options lead
to
the same message.

Can someone help me???

Before I format everything and this is something i really dont want to do.

Something is wrong with your hardware. Next time you see the message, enter
the BIOS setup and look through all the menus for a "Load Fail-Safe
Settings" or "Load Factory Default" settings option and use that setting and
see if your computer still has issues.

carl

 

[Jerry]

If you can, before you change the battery, make a copy of all the BIOS
settings because when you swap out the battery every setting will revert to
default.

 

[Alex Nichol]

What do i do?? My computer starts up and goes threw the process of booting
up, but then i get one beep from the computer and this message "f1 to restart
or f2 to enter setup" shows up. there is nothing said before to identify this
problem. When i hit F1 the message repeats itself. when i hit F2 i enter
setup but i find nothing wrong with it. i can't enter my desktop from this
point.

That is from the machine's BIOS, saying all is not well. Well before
things ever get near Windows. May be just a flat on - board battery not
retaining settings; may be more serious hardware trouble