[gwalling5555]

I had to replace the HD on a SONY R505DL laptop, however I don't have a clue on what key stokes I need to hit to get the bios to boot a XP Pro CD. Any advice.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Ashler]

Try the usuals: F2, F8, Tab...

 

[ebackhus]

Once in there check the BIOS to make sure that the CD/DVD drive is set as the first boot device.

 

[gwalling5555]

Sony laptop HD install

Hitting F2, F8, or Tab is not getting me to the bios. Any other ideas

 

[Ashler]

Try Delete also. Are you just tapping it once? or are you holding the key down?

 

[gwalling5555]

Sony laptop HD install

I tried the del key, no go. If I hold the f2, f8, del, or tab key down I only get multiple messages that say " operating system not found".