k so i bought a little $200  1 ghz, 256mb ram, 40 gb hd computer a while ago and i'm having some problems i could probably fix BUT the problem is that my BIOS is in FRENCH... the only thing i haven't tried is to REMOVE the battery from the motherboard and for some reason i doubt that will work... soooo if you have any suggestions for me they would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.change the language in the bios setup screen....del key on boot...>next you say the winxp is in french......no comment......k the bios setup screen is in french and it doesn't have a language menu or anything.  i didn't get the ">next you say the winxp is in french", i don't know what you meant by that.I have never seen a BIOS where you could change the language. It may be of French design.Or a French Canadian design.  

Has this particular BIOS setup ever displayed in English?

If not, you may STILL be able to TRANSLATE the French into English with a little online help:

http://world.altavista.com/

Ayez l'amusement traduire en anglais!  
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