Have to press F1 on boot up

I tried to install w2k from a full disc onto a secondry hd I linked up as slave. I booted to w2k disc and error said I couldn't use that disc on this system so I aborted. Now every time I boot up I have to press F1 to continue booting. I've cleared CMOS by reverting bios to factory settings but still get this F1 message. Any ideas? TIA

Dimension 3100c

XP Home sp2.

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dbramlet

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January 15th, 2007 16:00

Have you now disconnected the second drive from the system and removed the installation cd from the drive? In bios make sure no other drive is listed and select none for any other drive selections.

Message Edited by dbramlet on 01-15-200712:36 PM

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Mike999999

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January 16th, 2007 05:00

What is the f1 error?

My guess? You will need to go into the bios and disable the floppy drive if you don't have one.

Message Edited by Mike999999 on 01-16-200701:19 AM

laz123

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January 16th, 2007 07:00

I disabled floppy and PATA (I don't know what that is) drives and now the F1 message has gone. Thanks guys.

laz123

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January 16th, 2007 09:00

I just found out that PATA means cd-rom, so I re-enabled it.

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