Inspiron 600M will not boot no F2 or F12 key

Question

My 600M will not boot up. I trie to use the F2 key for setup and the F12 key for one time boot .. The screen says 'Preparing for set up... Or Preparing for one time boot.. And then nothing happens F1 or F8 does not do anthing either. Windows XP home BIOS is Revision A17.. When it starts the White bar goes to about 90% filled and then stops. I have reseated the RAM, tried to start with the hard drive or CD drive removed and no luck .. Any other ideas would be helpful.. Is there any hope of is the notebook finally broke..? Thanks

dbramlet · Answer

Have you tried tapping the F8 key at boot-up until you get some boot options and then tried safe mode? If you can get to safe mode then you can use system restore to restore the computer back to a date before this trouble started.

north of 49 · Answer

Yes I have tried the F8 key a few times but with no luck Thank you

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