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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?

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  • 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, 2014 at 14:04
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    What model Vaio do you have?
    – Brian Glick
    Apr 26, 2014 at 14:05
  • @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, 2014 at 14:14
  • @BrianGlick Sony VAIO VPCEH2F1E I believe
    – Ashton Six
    Apr 26, 2014 at 14:14

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Reset to default
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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

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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.

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