BIOS setup on Portege R705

I need to set the BIOS to boot from CD/DVD drive but, first, it doesn't give me simple choices such as: hard drive, floppy, etc. Secondly, when I do get into the boot priority section, the arrow keys do nothing and the f6 or f7 keys do nothing. Please help, need to reset my password. Am completely locked out.

Hey,
Normally you can change the BIOS priority in BIOS. Its depending on BIOS what keys you need to change the order. In BIOS you can always find a hint.
Otherwise I agree with Dr.Lamp. Go in boot menu (F12) and select CD/DVD drive there.

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Initializing...
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Cleanup Stage
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--- Log started: 2012/04/18 17:38:11
Initializing...
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Nevermind, I deleted the HP_TOOLS partition and problem solved, this may help those who have similar problem.

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Now before you get out the pitchforks and torches, I know I'm supposed to continually press or hold a certain Function key when I first power on a computer.
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ComputerzEast wrote:
You may be able to go back to an older bios revision. . . some computers let you and others do not. I don't have experience with this particular model to know for sure.
I wouldn't mind trying. I'm not sure where I'd find older bios updates, tho. HP doesn't seem to archive their bioses on the site.
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In windows, what bios version does it report? -- you said you were able to boot into windows.
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