BIOS on Emachines 1048 I turned off the bootable devices and BIOS says that. I can't get into BIOS anymore to reset those settings... H E L P

Hello,
It could be that your harddrive is defective or the boot sequence was set to boot to CD or other bootable device. Go to Bios and reset the settings.

David

You will need to install the operating system on the new hard drive for it to boot.Also you need to set you're boot order in the bios to CD then the HARD DRIVE.Get the operating system set the bios boot order then install it.

BIOS passwords can be reset in two ways:

1. using software 2. using hardware.

I would first try resetting using software, here are two software apps to reset or retrieve BIOS passwords.

!BIOS - is a PC BIOS toolkit offering password removal/decrypt and BIOS settings modification/backup/restore.
You can download it here:
http://www.syschat.com/download120.html&act=down

CmosPwd - Cmos password recovery tools
http://majorgeeks.com/CmosPwd_d239.html

You will need to create a bootable Dos, or Linux or NT cd in order to run them.

Good Luck!

Hello
There is some connection probelm with its hard disc and main board. Hard disc is the common bootable device to most of the computers. Just get ito its Bios setting window, by press and hold "Delete" button during boot up, and see whether the Bios do recogonize the hard disc. The bios must recogonise the hard disc. Check it.
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it could be that the BIOS is set to boot from cd/dvd instead of boot from hard disk. if so, resetting the BIOS to default values might clear the problem. if not then check that you have not left another disc in the optical drive rather than a bootable operating system disc.
another possibility might be that, internally the hard disk drive is not properly docked into its sata port.

you should check bootable device setting from bios or press esc key and select your hard disk

When you boot up to the log in screen type in administrator as user if you cant log in

During the boot up process you will see on the screen for a short amount of time a certain key to enter set up press and hold that key to enter set up BIOS scroll to set user password or supervisor password you can change or remove the password from there if you are still unable to change your password you might download

http://download.cnet.com/%7Bvalue=http://www.download.com/ubcd4win/3000-2086_4-10550208.html

UBCD4Win is a bootable "live" CD which contains software that allows you to change paswords repair/restore/diagnostic almost any computer problem also has a bios reset tool which remove your password and BIOS password although you will have to use a computer with an internet connection you will have to burn it to a disk as an iso then change your firtst boot device to cd During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart (note after you have removed the password you must go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)
Hope this helps

Have you tried accessing the bios and resetting it to factory default settings? Sometimes this will get the laptop to recognize the hdd. Otherwise, it may be either the connection isn't secure, or the bios has become corrupt and you may need to update (flash) the bios

For that when you power up the computer press F1 or F2 or "del" then enter in bios.
Then go to boot menu and set first boot device as cd/dvd rom then save settings and exit.
then it boot with that disk.
Let me know if you need further assistance.
Thanks for using FixYa.

it is possible that there is a mistake in somewhere in BIOS. when booting go to BIOS, and look for booting devices. As a primary booting device should be your HDD, or ODD first and HDD second.
apply these changes and see if the problem is fixed.
if it isn't, it is very likely that your HDD is not working anymore