Sony PCG-GRX500K - Manual (Page 203)

Troubleshooting Your Notebook
203
6 Select Yes, and press the Enter key.
7 Select Exit (Save Changes), then press the Enter key. The Setup
Confirmation window appears.
8 Select Yes, then press the Enter key. The notebook restarts.
My notebook starts, but the message “Operating system not
found” appears and Windows does not start.
❑ If you have connected an external, optional floppy disk drive, make sure
there is no floppy disk in the floppy disk drive (non-bootable).
❑ If a non-bootable floppy disk is in a connected floppy disk drive, follow
these steps:
1 Turn off the notebook, and then remove the floppy disk.
2 Restart the notebook and confirm that Windows starts properly.
❑ If Windows still does not start, follow the steps below to start the BIOS:
1 Turn off the notebook.
2 Remove any peripheral devices connected to the notebook.
3 Turn the notebook on again.
4 Press the F2 key when the Sony logo appears. The BIOS setup menu
screen appears.
5 Set the date (month/day/year). Press the Enter key.
6 Press to select System Time, then set the time (hour: minute:
second). Press the Enter key.
7 Press to select Exit, then press to select Get Default Values. The
message “Load default values for all SETUP items” appears.
8 Press the Enter key. The Setup Confirmation window appears.
9 Select Yes, and press the Enter key.
10 Select Exit (Save Changes), then press the Enter key. The Setup
Confirmation window appears.
✍
If this occurs on a regular basis, contact Sony Computing Support at the Web site
http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.