thankyou, on my old computer it does that memory test so on this one it should as well. I will try to find it now.
I apologise if I seem abrupt or angry. Just haven't had a good day today. Again i apologise. and thankyou very much for putting up with me. >From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Failed Boot >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 18:41:52 -0900 > >John Lynch wrote: > >>I downloaded Mandrake, opened it up, burnt it onto a cd like it told >>me to, then it asks me if I want to read a guide, or create a boot >>disk create a boot disk. >>I can't work out how to edit the BIOS on my computer to read from the >>CD (when I restart it and press F8 when it reads the floppy it brings >>me to a set of options, none of them edit the boot disk.) >> >>SO I create a boot disk. >>Restart my computer, and it reads off it, then says failed boot. >> >>WHAT am I doing wrong? >>I followed the instructions, copied over the cd img file like it said, >>and it still don't work. >> >>I have a CD burner (E: drive) and a DVD rom (D: drive) >> >>what do I do? >> >>thankyou for helping me. >> >>John >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >Well, slow down and take a deep breath, first. > >Do you see a screen that shows a memory test when you are first starting >your computer? > >If so, look arouns on that screen and see if it it says "Hit DEL for >Setup" or words to that effect. It might instead ask for F1 or F10 or >even ESC, but it will give you a 5-second window to go to configuration. > >THen you can navigate around. It will have some location which will >offer you boot device ordering, showing the first as floppy, the second >as HDD-0 the third as CDROM or something like that. > >Move CDROM to the first.... > >Save and Exit > >then put CD1 in and reboot. > >Civileme > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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