Installing A Retail Version Of An Operating System; Configuring Your Notebook; Opening The Setup Utility - Compaq Presario R3000 - Notebook PC Software Manual

Installing a Retail Version of an
Operating System
The Windows operating system provided on the notebook or on
the Operating System Recovery CD is enhanced by Compaq. The
Compaq enhancements add power and security features and
provide supplementary support for external devices such as drives
and PC Cards.
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CAUTION: Replacing an operating system enhanced by Compaq with
a retail version of an operating system will result in the loss of all
Compaq enhancements. In some cases, the loss of these enhancements
might result in an unresponsive system or the loss of complete USB
support.

Configuring Your Notebook

The BIOS (basic input and output system) Setup utility, which
is also referred to as the Setup utility, helps you configure your
notebook operation. The utility is a preinstalled, ROM-based
information and customization utility that can be used even
when your operating system is not working or will not load.

Opening the Setup Utility

The Setup utility reports information about the notebook and
provides settings for startup, password, port, Setup utility
appearance, and other preferences. To access most settings:
1. Start up or restart the notebook.
2. Before Windows opens and while the "Press <F10> to enter
setup" prompt is displayed in the lower left corner of the
screen, press
On some models, you must start up (not restart) the notebook to
access the settings for a hard drive password.
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