I can try, but it wouldnt start in safe mode at all when I tried before.

Ive got a whole screen of lines saying

Loaded: \windows\system32\drivers\(words).sys

just sitting there

sat there for a while then quit and tried to restart again, no change.

Every F key brings up the same boot menu thing, except f10 brought up "edit boot options"

Edit windows boot options for: Windows Setup
Path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

[ /DETECTHAL /MININT /REDIRECT RDIMAGEOFFSET=8192 RDIMAGELENGTH=3161088 R
DPATH=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\sources\boot.wim


submit or cancel


(No beeps at any time)

Did you try the escape and delete keys?

escape key kills it, del key brings same menu.

You are rebooting the computer (ctrl-alt-del) and then tapping the key as soon as the monitor goes black, right? It doesn't seem right that there should be no key to get you into the bios screen.

Yes.

And yet, when I hit F2 I get the windows boot manager.

i'm skeert

fuckingcrap

I've never known a pc not to have a bios screen.

Have you tried shutting it all the way down (as opposed to restarting)? Cold starting might show the initial screen that says what key to press to get the bios.

THIS is right from Sony. f2.

if it's going to the wrong place, what does that mean?

if she puts that ultimate boot cd back in, can she get to BIOS from within windows?

I know when i put that boot disc in last night, I was able to get it to run in safe mode...

http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/m...90705&fes=true

that's a troubleshooting list from sony's site.

Initial screen says VAIO, never says Sony. Goes from that to the cursor where I can hit F2, if I don't it goes to the microsoft progress bar after 2 or 3 seconds.

Same starting from off, restarting or auto restart after failed boot.

There are no other words at any time except for the menus described above.


Is there a different F2 key somewhere? Im hitting the one with the F and the 2.