Ultimate Boot CD

Thanks for your help and information. Now, I know that I'm not going to waste anymore time on the computer. I'll remove the hard drive and copy it ( I hope that's able to still be done) and then sell the rest of it for parts such as the screen, and case, processor, and so on. I'm going to buy anothe...

Greetings friends. I again tried removing the wire from the rtc batteries. These are two small button batteries iincased along side each other. I believe these were confirmed by one poster as the BIOS batteries? Well, like I said I left them and the computer down for 72 hours and still cant get rid ...

Well, here is what I tried. I removed the plug from the two small dide by dide RTC batteries. I thought these were the bios batteries right? Then, left it off and the computer off without it's power battery for over seventy two hours. I reconnected the RTC batteries plug and booted the mechine and t...

Greetings, the system will not allow me into the bios, and I did try both F2 and F1 and tried booting with an XP disc in the DVD drive. But, the PW comes on before it has a chance to read the drive. Sony has my proof of ownership since I even bought an extended support plan for the computer which ra...

Thank you, the model is a PCG-8QEL which is on the bottom of the system. ON the top below the display it has VGN-A150 Thanks again friends. If I only knew two things. First if the two plastic covered batteris marked "RTC Battery" were the BIOS batteries. And, what that culumn of switches m...

Thanks, and I have left the RTC battery dissconnected still because after a couple minutes it didn't do any good. Now, I don't understand where this BIOS switch is located? Is it close to the battery? Or, in the bok along with the nine other switches? Those nine switches don't say what they are, oth...

Constance, thanks for the help. I opened the computer and found a set of small batterie incased in plastic that wre the small button size batteries. I believe the text next to them called them RTC batteries. I did unplug it but tried again to boot it to soon. Then, I found a small swtich well really...

Greetings, I'm a new member that has already owned the UBCD for about six months. Not long ago my sony lap top was stolen (I own an accounting company) and the police recovered it after several weeks. Once I was able to prove ownership it was released back to me. However, someone who was messing wit...