while booting, pressing ctrl alt del is a command to set up my cd rom on a cmos set for reformatting my pc,?

Question

while booting, pressing ctrl alt del is to open a cmos set up etc. right? that's the only way i know to set up cd rom for me to perform a reformating, but while booting and pressing ctrl alt del i got the message of 'please enter your current password' how can i reformat my pc if i can't set up the cd rom on cmos or whatever in that picture? is there any set up just to reformat my pc? my administrator left me and i don't know the password, please help me to reformat my pc, thanks and more power to you.

Answer 1

To get into CMOS you press either DEL, F2, F8, or F10. When the computer is first booting up, it will say "Press XXX to enter setup" that is the key you need to press. If when entering into setup it asks you for a password, then your former administrator entered a CMOS password and you need to clear that out. To clear the CMOS password open the side of your computer and, with the system off and unplugged, remove the battery from the motherboard for 5 seconds then put it back. That will clear out the CMOS password.

Answer 2

CTRL-ALT-DEL will get you a login prompt in Windows.

To enter the CMOS or BIOS setup, you usually press DEL, F1 or F10 or maybe some other key when computer is just starting to boot, before it starts loading Windows.

Then you can go in there and change the start or boot order if you want it to try to boot from the CD first.

Answer 3

booting into restoration console would not artwork especially circumstances. Boot from abode windows XP CD Press enter for clean setup and F8 to agree after which you have a option to repair your gadget press R . press R and wait the records copies on your gadget, dont difficulty documents lacking. you ought to form Product Key returned if i understand your problem, your problem solved