Changed BIOS now will not boot windows 7 Ultimate

[pawelku]

Hi Guy,

Yesterday I was attempting to wipe my hard drive as I was putting my laptop for sale. Whilst it was wiping my laptop crashed and would not re boot properly but I was able to access the BIOS . I stupidly changed some settings following some advice on a forum I now cannot find and when I tried to re boot it stays on the philips page for around 10 minutes. None of the keys work, like F12, F2 ect. After ten minutes it give me a screen thats says
1.Insert your Windows installation disc and restart the computer.
2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next".
3.Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

Status: 0xc000000f


This is how I understand it as my system is in Polish and Polish is not my first language and with technical language I am not fluent and I beleive thats how I made the mistake in the first place in the BIOS.

I do not have the disk as I bought it second hand without a disk. I have a windows XP disk which I tried to boot with boot had the same effect.

 

[FuturDreamz]

What settings did you change? What model laptop is this? Can you get back into the BIOS?

 

[pawelku]

HI,

Yes, its a Philips 15NB57 series. I am not 100% sure what changes I made. The system is in Polish and I only have around 6 months of living in Poland and technical words I havent even started to learn yet. I thought I was following advice from a forum (which I now cannot find) But since I changed them, I re booted. the laptop starts, fans working ect and the philips screen shows. But it sticks on the philips screen for around 10 minutes. Nothing can change anything. No F keys work. Then after ten minutes it comes to a black screen with this message

1.Insert your Windows installation disc and restart the computer.
2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next".
3.Click "Repair your computer."

If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

Status: 0xc000000f

There is then the options "enter to continue" and "escape to quit" and when I press enter it starts the whole process again. Even with a windows disk it changes nothing and with a windows recovery disk changes nothing. It just loops around again with the same things.

 

[AddRAM]

You have to go back into the bios and set it to defaults.

 

[pawelku]

But thats the whole point. I cannot open the BIOS Nothing works to enter the BIOS and it also does not boot.

 

[AddRAM]

At this point, I would smash it.icnic:

 

[FuturDreamz]

But thats the whole point. I cannot open the BIOS Nothing works to enter the BIOS and it also does not boot.

That is what confuses me. No matter what, you should be able to get into the BIOS and change it unless you enabled password protection.


You may still be able to reset it by killing the CMOS battery. I don't know how to remove it for that model, but if you disconnect the main battery and AC power and hold the power button for 30 seconds, that may do it.

 

[Jacee]

I do not have the disk as I bought it second hand without a disk. I have a windows XP disk which I tried to boot with boot had the same effect

If your Windows 7 Ultimate is not a legitimate OS, then you are certainly up a creek with no paddles!

If it is legitimate, then you can try this Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc — MAXIMUMpcguides – Windows 7 tips, tricks, help, and how-to guides

 

[gregrocker]

Why would you expect to Win7 to start up after you wiped or partially wiped your HD? There's no point in repairing a wiped OS.

You'll need to How To Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS) using one of the methods to remove the battery or use the jumpers if you can't enter BIOS setup.

Then you should http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html#post1839164 the licensed OS which came with the PC.

 

[Pheonix69]

Hi
I agree with gregrocker, the only way out of this is to reset the CMOS. On desktops this is nearly always accomplished by removing the battery and shifting a jumper to the reset position for maybe 10 seconds or longer, then reversing the procedure. I don't know how to acheive this on your model of laptop, and this is where you are going to have to do some research.
Good luck!!

 

[gregrocker]

As it's often difficult to reach the CMOS battery in a laptop (google your model to see) then I would make every effort to get the disk to boot. Make sure the disk in question is bootable in another PC just to be sure.

If all else fails I would boot the maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan to test the HD, then use the disk's Quick Wipe function to wipe the HD. Another option is free Partition Wizard CD which boots itself.

This will cause the Win7 DVD to boot itself so that you can Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 with the licensed version.

 

[FuturDreamz]

you might be able to drain the CMOS battery...

On some systems you can drain it by removing the main battery and ac cord, then holding the power button for 30 seconds.