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Compaq Bios Access after formating

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by diskaus Nov 5, 2004 last reply Nov 11, 2004 1 view

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we have an old Compaq Prosignia PII (Bios 25/09/97) 233Mhz 160mbEDO Ram. After low level formatting we can no longer access the bios , we have now found that there was a partition on the Hard Disk with software on it for accessing the bios, now we can nolonger access the bios because of this we are now looking for the correct software for this purpose, after scanning the Compaq/HP website we are a litle lost as to what file we actually need. can anyone point me to where and what file we need ? thanks in advance.

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by rindi1 Nov 6, 2004

You need the system rompaq disk or disks. That should allow you to put the diagnostic partition back on your drive.

by bobho Nov 6, 2004

You can get old rompaq's here:

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/rompaq.html

Get the paq appropriate for your system and follow the installation instructions.

Cheers.

RW

by diskaus Nov 9, 2004

Thanks but all that does is flash the bios , it does not give us access to the bios or partition on the HDD. Please feel free to submit more detail.

by willcomp Nov 6, 2004

What is model #? Need it to see if software is available on HP site.

Dalton

by diskaus Nov 9, 2004

same as Answer No 1

by diskaus Nov 6, 2004

Ihe model is Compaq ProSignia 200 Bios date =25/09/1997

by rewrite Nov 9, 2004

Try this then:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/13227.html

If this isn't what you need then go here:

Cheers.

RW

by diskaus Nov 11, 2004

Thanks very much, that certainly did the trick.

by diskaus Nov 11, 2004

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