Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility?
Okay so my school was selling computers(towers) for $10 and i bought one and the only thing i need was ram, so just today i went out and bought DDR1 RAM and put it into the computer, after that i closed it ( and before i continue i should include that this is a dell optiplex series GX260) and plugged the AV power cable in, plugged it into an outlet, and turned it on. So i connect my keyboard, mouse, and Monitor to it, and im pretty happy its working well. Then on my moniter it say strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility, well this is where i need help, i am clueless where to go from here and the only other information i can give is what is under setup utility::
System time…… 17:57:00
System Date…… Sat Sep 26, 2009
Diskette Drive A:…… 3.5 inch, 1.44 MB
Primary Drive 0………. Hard Drive
Primary Drive 1……… OFF
Secondary Drive 0……. CD-ROM Reader
Secondary Drive 1……. OFF
Boot Sequence……….<ENTER>
Memory Information…………<ENTER>
CPU Information………..<ENTER>
Integrated Devices (LegacySelect Options) …………. <ENTER>
PCI IRQ Assignment…………. <ENTER>
IRQ Reservations…………<ENTER>
Power Management…………..<ENTER>
System Security………….<ENTER>
Keyboard Numlock…………On
Report Keyboard Errors…………………Report
Auto Power On…………Disabled
Remot Wake Up…. OFF
Fast Boot……….. On
IDE Hard Drve Acoustics Mode……….. Bypass
System Event Log……<ENTER>
Asset Tag…………………………….
Alright, well thats all the information i have and if someone could help me that would be really really great.
Thanks (:
My guess is that the school IT person wiped the hard drive so there is probably no operating system on the computer??? If this is true ??? then you will need to get an os and burn it as a bootable disk (MAKE sure your bios is set to run from cd first)
may I suggest Linux mint or something like that…
linux mint can be downloaded here:
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
a free iso burner can be downloaded here
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
good luck 
Hope this helps..
My guess is that the school IT person wiped the hard drive so there is probably no operating system on the computer??? If this is true ??? then you will need to get an os and burn it as a bootable disk (MAKE sure your bios is set to run from cd first)
may I suggest Linux mint or something like that…
linux mint can be downloaded here:
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
a free iso burner can be downloaded here
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
good luck
Hope this helps..
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