Most of the machines, you can hold down the "U" key to boot from USB floppy.
"Lowline" <gabber@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:WJpRf.64$wq.21@edtnps84...
> Thanks for your response.
> The CD's I am trying to boot with are bootable.
> There is no floppy drive on my computer but Im wondering if a USB one 
> would work.
>
> "RichK" <NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote in message 
> news:kZ1Rf.46229$F_3.22221@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
>> You might try putting in a bios update floppy and holding down the "F" 
>> key as soon as you hit the power button.  I am not confident it will 
>> work, but it won't hurt.  I assume you have a bootable CD in the drive 
>> when you are selecting CD from the boot menu.
>> "Lowline" <gabber@telus.net> wrote in message 
>> news:ycMQf.16847$M52.12314@edtnps89...
>>>I believe my bios might be corrupted.  When I press the Esc key on boot 
>>>up it doesnt go into the bios.
>>> When I hit F2 it brings up  my boot options but when I select any of the 
>>> divices like hard drive or cdrom or even network all I get is a blinking 
>>> cursor in the upper left hand corner.
>>>
>>> Is there anyway of resetting the bios of reflashing it in this state?
>>>
>>> sinive1@telus.net
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> David
>>>
>>
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