Press <DEL> to continue

[duug]

i do not have extensive knowlege but in the bios setup
the is a setting ( on my hp anyway ) where you can
configure to run a bios check or not. you ll need to get
into bios , which on this comp you press f1 while
restarting at the hp screen.best of
luck. Original Message-----
>Let me ask this. My problem is the following and maybe
>> you guys can help?
>> I turn on my computer, the Dell screen appears,
hardware
>> does it's thing, but when the hardware hands off to the
>> OS (XP PRO), a black screen telling me all about my
>BIOS,
>> Drives...etcetera and at the end it says "press ,<DEL>
>to
>> continue".
>> I follow the on screen directions and XP starts up
>> normally and all is well. I'd like to deep six this
>> anoying problem.
>> I want to STOP the Black screen from coming up what do
I
>> do?
>> I think the problem has to do with the hand off
>> from "hardware" to "OS".
>> See what I mean?
>>
>> Can you guys figure that one out?
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