can't boot from disc

[Perris Calderon]

so, I'm trying to get to the recovery console in my dads pc and it won't boot from the disc, I can't bring up the bios screen, I've tried every f key on the keyboard

when I press f10 it brings up the hp native "restore to original settings" feature which I only want to use as a last resort

any ideas how to get to boot from the cd?

edit

it's the escape key on this hp

 

[Perris Calderon]

so, I'm trying to get to the recovery console in my dads pc and it won't boot from the disc, I can't bring up the bios screen, I've tried every f key on the keyboard

when I press f10 it brings up the hp native "restore to original settings" feature which I only want to use as a last resort

any ideas how to get to boot from the cd?

edit

it's the escape key on this hp

I'm using the recovery console now, doing a chkdsk and then I'll do a bootfix

if anyone has any other ideas before I reinstall his os, please to comment

my dad is getting an unmountable boot volume in case you need some backround

 

[LordOfLA]

what was wrong with my link to the ms knowledge base?

 

[falconguard]

Can you just fix the MBR?

 

[Perris Calderon]

what was wrong with my link to the ms knowledge base?

nothing, the link told me to do the chkdsk and the fixboot from the console

it worked by the way and the box is fixed

 

[Perris Calderon]

Can you just fix the MBR?

I tried that because I didn't want to wait all night for a chkdsk, it didn't work

the chkdsk into the fixboot did the trick and he's gold

thanx guys

 

[bush dogg]

Perris

If your dad has anything important on this system like an “address book” to keep in touch with friends “something important too him” I would back them up.

I would suspect the cable or Harddrive is going bad, If so this problem will come back within a few days or a month.

I’ve actually seen this happen on a large number of systems the past year “same thing at boot came back multiple times on these systems” 2 were the cable the others were the drive. After replacing the cable or drive the problem hasn't came back.

PS; Referring also to your other post on “unmountable boot device”

 

[Perris Calderon]

Perris

If your dad has anything important on this system like an “address book” to keep in touch with friends “something important too him” I would back them up.

I would suspect the cable or Harddrive is going bad, If so this problem will come back within a few days or a month.

I’ve actually seen this happen on a large number of systems the past year “same thing at boot came back multiple times on these systems” 2 were the cable the others were the drive. After replacing the cable or drive the problem hasn't came back.

PS; Referring also to your other post on “unmountable boot device”

good call