I hope someone can help me with this problem.
I have a Dell windows ME based desktop system, model 4300. I had downloadedd
AVG
anti-virus and
it had been scanning my system at 5 am every morning. when I came down to the
office last Monday, I noticed the AVG screen still up. Evidently what happened
was that AVG found a virus as it has Bios revision A02 under the Dell logo,
(which I hadn't noticed previously) then a black screen lingered for a few
minuted. I then got this message:
"NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE, STRIKE F1 TO RETRY BOOT, F2 FOR SETUP
UTILITY"
Nothing happens when i try F1, but F2 brings up the setup utility which reads:
SYSTEM TIME....................................13:05:51
SYSTEM DATE....................................SAT. APR 23, 2005
DISKETTE DRIVE A..............................3.5 INCH, 1.44 MB
PRIMARY DRIVE 0...............................UNKNOWN DEVICE
PRIMARY DRIVE 1...............................UNKNOWN DEVICE
SECONDARY DRIVE 0..........................UNKNOWN DEVICE
SECONDARY DRIVE 1.........................OFF
BOOT SEQUENCE...............................ENTER
MEMORY INFORMATION...................ENTER
CPU INFORMATION...........................ENTER
INTEGRATED DEVICES.......................ENTER (LEGACY OPTIONS)
PCI IRQ ASSIGNMENT........................ENTER
IRQ RESERVATIONS..........................ENTER
SYSTEM SECURITY............................ENTER
KEYBOARD NUMLOCK.......................ON
REPORT KEYBOARD ERRORS..............REPORT
AUTO POWER ON..............................DISABLED
REMOTE WAKE UP.............................OFF
AC POWER RECOVERY.......................OFF
FAST BOOT.......................................ON
SUSPEND MODE.................................S3
SYSTEM EVENT LOG..........................ENTER
ASSET TAG.......................................
I ran a home based business for 11 years and all of my IRS info is in this
computer. I also
have other necessary files locked in there.
I just got a Mac, and I am writing this with it. I don't know if my files can
be transferred or
even saved. I would like to be able to get the Dell up and runniing regardless.
I hope you can make heads or tails of this because I can't
Thanks for any assistance you can offer
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