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    reformat Z71V

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Drunken Saki, Jul 3, 2005.

  1. Drunken Saki

    Drunken Saki Newbie

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    I have an Asus z71v, Pentium M 2.0 Ghz, 2GB DDR2-4200, 80GB HDD, CD/DVD-RW, and Windows XP pro. SP2 on it. I want to reformat it but I cant seem to do it. I place the instalation CD in before the computer boots, then I turn it on. The laptop automatically skips to the 'loading windows' screen without giving me the option of 'hit any key to boot from cd' So that meant the computer never checks the CD drive. I go into BIOS and I check out the boot sequence. The BIOS only allows me to turn on or off the drives to boot, it doesnt allow me to say what to boot up frist.

    So I have no clue how to reformat the HDD. Am I missing something from the BIOS? Has anyone else tried this before?

    Thanks
     
    Drunken Saki, Jul 3, 2005
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  2. PROPortable

    PROPortable Company Representative

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    The system does allow you to change the boot sequence... that's why it's there... if your options under boot sequence are just on of off..... you've got a problem. But you could shut everything off by the optical drive and you'll be able to boot off the cd.
     
    PROPortable, Jul 3, 2005
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  3. Drunken Saki

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    what do you mean shut everything off by the optical drive?
     
    Drunken Saki, Jul 3, 2005
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    Nevermind, I got it to work. btw, it seems like the screen for the Z71V is a bit fuzzy. I've seen screens from older desktops that are a lot better. The driver for nVidia's 6600 is installed and I have it at 120 dpi and yet the screen still seems fuzzy, any ideas is to why?
     
    Drunken Saki, Jul 4, 2005
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  5. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    LCDs are very different to older desktop CTRs...im assuming that is what your comparing it to? You have to leave the LED at its prefered resolution, changing res on an lcd will give you poor...if not fuzzy results.
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    Underpantman, Jul 4, 2005
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