THanks Clint. I had been wondering why I was'nt getting the usual replies to my problems from you. THe original post was to do with my fear of buying a new computer with the ever increasing altering of the MS OS disk to provide them as a recovery disk.A company told me it was done with the agreement of MS and the company took over from MS the technical support for the OS. I therefore asked how easy or not was it to install a OS on a new computer if I bought one without OS installed. THanks JOhn
----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:24 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Computers and OS > John you may not always see the C: prompt, depends on how it was formatted. > Sometimes you'll see something like "disk boot failure" when formatted by > some versions of IBM installation software, and from a Windows CD. Maxtor > and WD software will usually boot to the C: prompt. "Usually", on retail > motherboards it's the [delete] key that gets you into the BIOS. ctrl S or > some other letter, or the F keys are usually for some proprietary BIOS or > name brand PC's with proprietary motherboards. Sometimes in the latter > they won't even tell you on the screen how to get into the BIOS. (I cannot > see your original posts for some reason). > -Clint > > God Bless Us All > Clint Hamilton, Owner > Want to exchange links with us? > http://OrpheusComputing.com � > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If the disk is formatted, it would boot to a black screen with the C: > prompt. During that first part of the boot, it would show > the memory count and possibly the command to get into the bios. Probably > will also give something about the video card that is > installed. > > Keith > > John F wrote: > > > Thanks very much Keith > > Can I just ask further - when a computer without an OS installed boots up > > what would I see on screen. > > I assume its what I get now ie the opening spec page and then I would get > > into the BIOS the usual way by the > > F key > > THanks > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Its extremely easy to install from the full CD. (this is also the best > > way.) You may have to go into the bios to set the boot > > > to CD first, but other than that, just put the cd in the drive and then > > boot the machine. It will walk you through the whole > > > process. > > > > > > Keith Thompson ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
