Unable to access BIOS

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I switched to Ubuntu a while back and over time entropy and inexperience lead to a bunch of redundant applications, a very messy directory tree and general slowness. I figured rather than upgrade to 14.04 I would do a clean install.

I created a bootable USB and attempted to reach the BIOS so as to change the boot order. I've tried pressing, clicking repeatedly and holding Esc, Shift, Super, Alt, Fn, Ctrl, F1-F12, Pause, Vaio and Delete, but none worked.

I figured I'd manually disable starting up in Ubuntu with sudo rm -rf /. I just ended up booting in Grub. I took the hard drive out, when booting up it now says:

Operating System Not Found

Do I not have a BIOS or something? What the heck is going on?

It says "Operating System Not Found" because you removed the only one it has installed. Have you consulted your user manual to check how to access the bios? — Braiam, Apr 26 '14 at 14:04
@Braiam I don't, it's a hand-down from a now deceased relative, couldn't find any documentation CD's with it. — Ashton Six, Apr 26 '14 at 14:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '14 at 14:25

The BIOS access key for your device is F11. Press it repeatedly while the vaio logo is on the screen.

The full user manual is here: http://download.sony-europe.com/pub/manuals/consumer/AE2H100111.zip

Within that zip, the instructions to boot from external USB are here: AE2H100111/eng/contents/02/04/01/01.html

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '14 at 14:04

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Everyone has BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). Without it, no computer can boot. About opening BIOS - look at this. Then open Boot tab. There are options, I haven't VAIO to tell you right.

answered Apr 26 '14 at 14:04

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