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[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Can you boot into Windows? On many computers, it controls the BIOS boot process. So you can look for the option to reboot into BIOS settings from there. And why not just make backups and then wipe your drive?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah, I can boot into Windows just fine so long as I don't hit certain keys. I have way too much data to back up... most of it's on my second hard-drive, though, so if I can just target the C drive: maybe I could just back-up the stuff on there?

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Try this first.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, thanks! There are a couple of things on there I'll try out.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I tried it, and it pulled up the blue menu thing, but it crashed when I clicked on "UEFI" and I had to hold the power button down to turn off my computer. It seems like the BIOS has been locked somehow.