On 2015-07-10 12:42, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 07/10/2015 07:33 AM, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> probably have a more benign reason (maybe to stop people that don't know
>> what they're doing from accidentally bricking their machines).
>
> That's no excuse. Once you've paid for the machine and received i
On 10/07/15 12:42, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 07/10/2015 07:33 AM, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
probably have a more benign reason (maybe to stop people that don't know
what they're doing from accidentally bricking their machines).
That's no excuse. Once you've paid for the machine and received it,
what
On 07/10/2015 07:33 AM, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
probably have a more benign reason (maybe to stop people that don't know
what they're doing from accidentally bricking their machines).
That's no excuse. Once you've paid for the machine and received it,
what you do with it is none of their busin
>
> > Today's problem is solved. I e-mailed them this morning and they
> > responded this afternoon. The dealer support guy [ZoomUsa] requested the
> > system number, I provided it, and he immediately returned the password
> > required with the necessary instructions.
>
> That's good to hear; it
On 2015-07-09 16:52, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 09/07/15 13:16, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> With no previous experience? Probably not. Now? I'd... be "very
>> cautious" about buying a refurbished computer. Especially from someone
>> that deals in "used" computers.
>>
>> You're prob
On 07/09/15 16:19, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 09/07/15 13:08, g wrote:
>> win7 has a recovery process that will build 3 dvd's to restore system.
>>
>> to access it, press the 'windows' key, the key with the windows logo,
>> in the bottom left entry bar, [ Search programs and fi
On 09/07/15 13:08, g wrote:
win7 has a recovery process that will build 3 dvd's to restore system.
to access it, press the 'windows' key, the key with the windows logo,
in the bottom left entry bar, [ Search programs and files ] enter the
word: recovery press .
you will then see a window wi
On 09/07/15 13:16, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
With no previous experience? Probably not. Now? I'd... be "very
cautious" about buying a refurbished computer. Especially from someone
that deals in "used" computers.
You're probably better off buying from an honest individual making a
one-time sale, a
.
The problem is solved. The dealer support guy [ZoomUsa] requested the
system number, I provided it, and he immediately returned the password
required with the necessary instructions. Now I can install Fedora on it.
On 09/07/15 13:08, g wrote:
On 07/09/15 10:53, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virgin
On 2015-07-09 10:55, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 09/07/15 10:04, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> In my experience,*new* Dell machines do not have locked BIOS. However,
>> I have a friend who recently bought a "refurbished" Dell machine that
>> had been BIOS locked. It's most likely the
On 07/09/15 10:53, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 08/07/15 19:59, jd1008 wrote:
>> You might want to dd the win7 partition to a usb
>> drive and save it.
>
>
> Where would I find an instruction for doing this? I have not been able
> to mount the hard drive [using f-22 live] assumi
On 08/07/15 19:59, jd1008 wrote:
You might want to dd the win7 partition to a usb
drive and save it.
Where would I find an instruction for doing this? I have not been able
to mount the hard drive [using f-22 live] assuming it would be /dev/sda.
--
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
http://
On 09/07/15 10:04, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
In my experience,*new* Dell machines do not have locked BIOS. However,
I have a friend who recently bought a "refurbished" Dell machine that
had been BIOS locked. It's most likely the entity that "refurbished" the
machine that locked the BIOS. You'll n
On 2015-07-08 17:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
> with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
> admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and none of
> the passwords
: 9. 7. 2015 12:39:31
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"On 08/07/15 19:59, jd1008 wrote:
>
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> On 07/08/2015 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>
>>
>> I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7
>> on with Fedo
On 08/07/15 19:59, jd1008 wrote:
On 07/08/2015 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7
on with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have
the admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was
On 07/08/2015 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and none
of the passwo
On 07/08/2015 03:47 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and none
of the passwo
Are you allowed to flash the bios? Would that be a possibility?
Ranjan
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 18:03:58 -0400 fred roller wrote:
> Battery removal and possibly a reset jumper needs to be shorted. Check the
> info on the mobo to be sure.
> On Jul 8, 2015 5:47 PM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <
On Jul 8, 2015 4:47 PM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <
bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unprodu
2015-07-08 22:47 GMT+01:00 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA <
bobgood...@wildblue.net>:
>
>
> I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
> with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
> admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproduct
Battery removal and possibly a reset jumper needs to be shorted. Check the
info on the mobo to be sure.
On Jul 8, 2015 5:47 PM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <
bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>
> I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
> with Fedora-22. Unfor
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on
with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the
admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and none of
the passwords offered in an on-line application work. Does anyone know
what I
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