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    Newbie here... need help getting into VPC-W121 Bios

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by starflight, Nov 19, 2009.

  1. starflight

    starflight Newbie

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    Hello there,

    I've done some searches and many state that hitting F3 is the key I press to get into the bios but it's not working. I have a VPC-W121 that came with Windows 7 Starter. Want to install Ultimate edition to test, but will want to back up the image of the hard drive first.

    I have a USB external DVD with Ghost in it and I want to boot into the DVD drive first. I would appreciate any help and tips! Cheers!
     
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  2. starflight

    starflight Newbie

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    OH nevermind.

    I just hit a bunch of keys, ESC, F1, F2 and F3 randomly and it worked but F3 by itself definitely did not work. Hope this helps others. Cheers!
     
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    Visioneer Notebook Evangelist

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    You need to check the manual only: the solution is on side 70:
     
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