"elena" <nospam@nospam.it> wrote in message 
news:4ACxe.369$%7.5734@twister2.libero.it...
> Hi you all,
>
> I don't know what key I have pressed while shutting down my notebook, but
> when I shutted it on again, it says that "it's ready for bios update, 
> place
> diskette in the drive and press any key when ready to proceed".
> I don't want to update the bios and have no floppy to do this.
> My OS is windows 98 SE, there's anything I could to to make the SO run
> normally again when I shut on the notebook?
> hope this trouble hasn't erased any file :(
>
> Thank you for help
> elena
>
>
>
This message appears when you power on the 2540 with
the "F12" key pressed.

Make sure your "F12" key is not stuck.

Regards

Michael in Glenrothes, Scotland