On 02/17/12 05:11, Chip Oakley wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
The boot CD will boot on the other machine, but not on the computer for my
intended install of BSD.
I set the boot order to boot first from CD ROM in phoenix BIOS.
It is a Samsung Laptop it is windows 7 home edition I called Samsung and
they have no information on overriding a windows password only restoring to
an older version which got my here in the first place.
There is a prompt at Startup stating press any key to boot from CD.
Pressing any key only leads to that same screen in windows asking for the
password, except for the function keys that lead to BIOS configuration.
Am tempted to remove the drive and insert a new one, not sure as there is
memory on the drive available and nothing really wrong with it.
Cant imagine there is not a fix somewhere.
Any other ideas?
Look, these new laptop BIOS' can be most frustrating. Try a USB install
using the memstick img - thats how I installed finally. I got jack of
the messing about with the security measures they take on laptops these
days.
For reference, the boot settings in BIOS are pretty dynamic on the
laptops now, so if you set the boot order it may change the next time
you reboot from whatever you're doing. It _should_ let you do what you
want once you exit BIOS though. And make sure of the boot order, it may
be confusing. If you know someone who knows BIOS better, use them to
help. Also look for a boot order key at boot up, this will change the
boot order temporarily but you will have to be quick.
You should probably make a decision about what you're going to do with
the restore partition as well. You can make the disks on CD/DVD if you
want so you can restore later, then dump it. Be aware (in this decision)
that manufacturers can be real shits about *not* having Windows
installed when you warranty repair. You may not want to have the fights
like I have. Their policies _are_ illegal, but sometimes you may not
want to have that particular argument... :)
Regards
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Julian H. Stacey<j...@berklix.com> wrote:
You claim to have made a CD on nother machine. Will _that_ machine boot
from
the CD you made? If not, you made the CD incorrectly.
Good point
Chip Oakley<silverskymus...@gmail.com>
Please first make sure you are subscribed to this list
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BTW a delayed archive of this& other lists in on the web.
Next check the MD5 checksum of your boot media.
Next also realise some drives cant read what other drives had written,
sometimes that maybe alignement or dirt on the optics,
someties it simply cos eg some old drives cant read those half see through
RW media, sometime some old drives cant read an RW media.
Cheers,
Julian
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