Bios Settings Question

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Virus or a power surge maybe.

"GreyTop" wrote:

> I had my computer up and it had been running about six hours. All of a
> sudden it tried to reboot and when it did it came up with a boot
> failure insert floppy disk to continue.
> I was unable to do any thing so I took it in for repair.
> The tech told me that the bios had been changed so he set it to auto
> detect. I then booted up.
> My question WHAT OR HOW would the bios setting get changed and the
> computer up and running. I had used this setting since 9/01/03.
> Any explanations?
> Thanks
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

1) Check the motherboard manufacturer's website, it could
be a glitch in the version of the BIOS that is running on
your motherboard. The manufacturer will usually list the
major changes in each BIOS version, you may see a power-
related change in newer BIOS revision(s).
2) This could happen if the motherboard's on-board BIOS
battery is faulty. Unlikely but possible.
3) This could be a sign that the hard drive is failing but
again, it's unlikely.

Good Luck !

>-----Original Message-----
>I had my computer up and it had been running about six
hours. All of a
>sudden it tried to reboot and when it did it came up with
a boot
>failure insert floppy disk to continue.
>I was unable to do any thing so I took it in for repair.
>The tech told me that the bios had been changed so he set
it to auto
>detect. I then booted up.
>My question WHAT OR HOW would the bios setting get
changed and the
>computer up and running. I had used this setting since
9/01/03.
>Any explanations?
>Thanks
>.
>