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NEC Versa Note VXI Computer Problem

Charly_2912 Posted messages 7 Status Member -  
quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello, I have a question about an old computer I retrieved from my grandmother, and the problem is that when I start it, it asks me this in the photo below.

And I would like to know if you have a keyboard shortcut to reset the computer on startup. For example (Windows + E) which will open the file explorer, but I do not want to reinstall the Windows 2000 Professional operating system as I do not have the installation CD, I only have one installation CD which is Windows 7, but it is not compatible. If you have an answer to this, please let me know. Thank you very much, see you soon!

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brucine Posted messages 24701 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 148
 

Hello,

In order to start something on Windows, there needs to be Windows: evidently, the BIOS is trying to boot from all devices and failing, meaning the hard drive is missing, damaged, or inaccessible for some hardware reason... and there is no other way to (try to) get it to boot than to boot from a Windows 2000 CD or possibly an earlier version.

However, there is a good chance that a computer old enough to be compatible only with Windows 2000 has one or more faulty components.
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Charly_2912 Posted messages 7 Status Member
 

Thank you for the reply, goodbye

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quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > Charly_2912 Posted messages 7 Status Member
 

Hello,

Dismantle the PC, check if there is a hard drive, if not put in a hard drive like HDD or DD, boot from it and install the Windows 2000 ISO file.

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