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Computer start-up problems
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JenneyB
, Sep 08 2012 06:53 PM
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 09:21 AM
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 10:02 AM
Try using the tab key to change the location of the highlighted part. Once you have the TOA acceptance highlighted then click the Enter and it should accept it. Remember you are working in a DOS environment and a mouse was not meant to be used in it.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 10:10 AM
Nothing I'm trying, including using the tab button, is working. I can't seem to highlight the accept button to proceed.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 10:32 AM
Hmm strange as tapping the tab button should move the highlighted place on the screen. Once it gets to the desired place you then click enter.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:18 PM
Not sure why it won't. I'll reboot and give it another try.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:20 PM
Did you burn the ISO file using Imgburn?
If you try to burn it as a bootable disk it won't work.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:23 PM
I downloaded Imgburn but I think it may have ended up burning with whatever is loaded on this system -- I'll do it again.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:30 PM
Follow the instructions for Imgburn and it should make the disk bootable on it's own.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 04:06 PM
The new CD I burned with Imgburn is displaying exactly like the other one - it boots to it and when it gets to where I need to accept the terms of agreement, I can't proceed because I can't "accept"
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 05:44 PM
Let me ask are you using a USB or wireless keyboard?
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 09:05 PM
That is your problem. USB doesn't work in DOS. Do you have a standard PS2 keyboard? Try using that and I bet it will work just fine.
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 02:49 AM
Hello, rshaffer61 and JenneyB
rshaffer61, might I suggest using an Ubuntu Live OS disk and using its diagnostic loots there?
It has built in capabilities to discover hardware issues especially on hard drives and can even give you specific failure information.
Download Ubuntu from here.
INFO:: Direct link. DETAILS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS (i386) 32bit [Highest Compatibility] Filenameubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso Size 695MiB
NOTE: A CD is required.
NOTE: Image Burning software is required. (ImgBurn works well for me)
Using this disk:
http://www.ubuntu.co...ore-you-install IGNORE STEP FOUR
Once you are to step 3:
You can open the included firefox browser to log in and review the rest of the information contained in this post.
Click the dash in the top left corner of the screen and start the Disk Utility.
Select your hard drive in the Storage Devices list. Information will appear about the disk and its status under Drive.
SMART Status should say "Disk is healthy".
To see details of the data and tests applied, click on the SMART Data button located below SMART Status.
In the case that smart is not enabled in the boot environment
Open a terminal window by performing the following keyboard shortcut:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T
In that window, copy and paste the following code.
rshaffer61, might I suggest using an Ubuntu Live OS disk and using its diagnostic loots there?
It has built in capabilities to discover hardware issues especially on hard drives and can even give you specific failure information.
Download Ubuntu from here.
INFO:: Direct link. DETAILS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS (i386) 32bit [Highest Compatibility] Filenameubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso Size 695MiB
NOTE: A CD is required.
NOTE: Image Burning software is required. (ImgBurn works well for me)
Using this disk:
http://www.ubuntu.co...ore-you-install IGNORE STEP FOUR
Once you are to step 3:
You can open the included firefox browser to log in and review the rest of the information contained in this post.
Click the dash in the top left corner of the screen and start the Disk Utility.
Select your hard drive in the Storage Devices list. Information will appear about the disk and its status under Drive.
SMART Status should say "Disk is healthy".
To see details of the data and tests applied, click on the SMART Data button located below SMART Status.
In the case that smart is not enabled in the boot environment
Open a terminal window by performing the following keyboard shortcut:
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T
In that window, copy and paste the following code.
sudo smartctl -s on /dev/sda
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:20 AM
Thanks for this info -- i'll attempt to give this a try.
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 12:49 PM
Hi,
I burned the ubuntu disk and put it in the bad system but I'm not sure what to do now -- I'm kind of in the same situation with my usb keyboard so I can't click the try ubunt button. I don't have any other key board.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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