I have rebuilt a system but I have 2 problems. I'm sure one is easy to fix but the other I am totally confused. First I have a DIFFERENT hard drive in there now and I tried to format using the software from the manufacturer but it wont boot from the CDROM so I decided to go into the BIOS and change the sequence so it will boot from the CD.....BUT..... here's my second issue....when I get to the BIOS, the main PAGE for the motherboard comes up with no problem until I decide to hit enter or something then it askes for a user password. I have no idea! I checked and its a 3rd party password so I cant override it and I cant contact anyone because I DONT know built this system originally. Can anyone tell me how to bypass the password, (I can do sequence in DOS) and last how do i change the drive VALUE again in DOS? so that I can run fdisk... Thanks :-/Sounds like you have a BIOS password set. You can probably clear the BIOS password by changing a jumper position, or by removing the computer battery for a minute or so.If I remove the battery, dont I have to reset the CMOS or realtime clock? I dont know how to do that yet. It will revert to defaults, which you can then change. The clock is easily set in the BIOS. You may have to leave the battery out for 10 minutes or so.

As for using FDISK, if you have XP you shouldn't need that. Just boot with the XP CD. Disk partitioning tools are available, once you solve the other problems so you can boot from CD.And from our vast resources an FDisk simulation page

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patio. 8-)