Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 13 0196 2RA with no CD

[Franz Waldmüller]

Colin Law schrieb:
> On 28 March 2010 16:58, Ali Milis <almilis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> As Franz said, it's most likely just boot order...
>>>
>>> On Lenovos, you can hit F12 (all the Lenovo/IBM systems should be the
>>> same way) at the boot splash screen (the one that has the Lenovo or
>>> IBM logo) to get the boot menu.  There you can select various options
>>> such as CD, Floppy (if applicable), Hard disks and USB devices.
>>>
>>> Also, you can get into the BIOS (F2 at the splash screen) and change
>>> the order permanently to whatever you wish.
> 
> Were you able to get into the bios and change the boot order?
> 
[snip]
if you can't change the boot order, you could take out the harddisk. 
Consequently to laptop should try to boot from network or usb.

if the system boots up this way you know that it is simply a matter of 
boot order.
Franz