Re: Computer help!

2007-06-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
I believe Dells get you into the BIOS by holding down the delete key during boot-up. Go to: http://www.knoppix.net/ and download the latest version of Knoppix and burn it to a CD as an ISO. You can run it live off the CD to check for hardware problems. -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My

Re: Computer help!

2007-06-08 Thread P. J. Alling
Scrap Vista, find a copy of WinXP or better yet win2k. Live with the limitations, experience Zen. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My computer is fracked up again, though this time I've been able to at least recover my data with relative ease. I really need help: my computer won't boot. It's a

Re: Computer help!

2007-06-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 6/7/2007 2:27:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, please don't throw some Switch to Mac/Linux/abacus balloney at me. Aside from the fact that I can't afford anything new, I actually like Windows and don't think the OS is the issue here. Thanks,

RE: Computer help!

2007-06-07 Thread Bob W
You might try booting another operating system to see if the hardware is the issue. The other operating should also fail to boot. Possibly. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 June 2007 22:26 To:

Re: Computer help!

2007-06-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 7, 2007, at 2:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Oh, please don't throw some Switch to Mac/Linux/abacus balloney at me. ... Would you prefer a creme pie? ]'-) Sorry, can't help with Windows issues. Never touch the stuff. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Computer help!

2007-06-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] If anyone has any ideas on things I can try or where I might find drivers and such, please let me know. I'm getting desperate here: I just want a stable computer! It could be something like bad RAM or messed up BIOS settings. But your description of having

RE: Computer help!

2007-06-07 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
Hi, It may be hard drive hardware problem. I have had quite a few new drives dying after a few weeks and the computers then acting strangely. Maybe you could try booting a Linux-on-cd or some other OS to see if the hardware works? You might also want to connect the hard drive to another computer