travoutlaw
May 17 2008, 01:05 PM
my PC is stuck rebooting. When it gets to the choice to go to safe mode I cant use my arrow keys. I want to launch in safe mode and figure out this issue from there. I also have the Win XP CD in my drive and dont know how to boot from tyhat not being able to get to windows. I was able to hit f8 and get into the bios but cant use my arrow keys nor the enter button there either. So I am stuck in a viscous cycle. Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated. Thank You
hamluis
May 17 2008, 06:58 PM
You could try removing the CMOS battery...and forcing a reversion to default CMOS settings...then attempt to go into the BIOS and change your boot options to CD/DVD first...then use an XP CD to access the Recovery Console and try to run chkdsk /r from there.
Before trying this, please unplug your system, after powering down properly.
Short The CMOS Jumper -
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/207507-28-help-reset-bios CMOS Battery. -
http://www.geocities.com/micksmix2000/cmosbatt.html Louis