[ILUG] laptop problems.

[Conor Wynne]

Check the BIOS boot order, try different media.

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Paul Linehan <plinehan at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I had a laptop running Windows and Linux. Decided to
> reinstall Windows due to ongoing problems.
>
> Install didn't go too well, so I said fine - just
> reinstall and start over.
>
> The problem now is that the laptop won't boot from
> CD. I have checked and double-checked the BIOS,
> changed
> the order to every possible permutation and the CD
> drive just won't seem to work. Even under the new
> Windows it doesn't work properly.
>
> I can't boot from floppy because there isn't one (have
> a USB one,  but it's not bootable apparently).
>
> Would anybody have any suggestions as to how I can
> get my system back to "normal" - i.e. install
> Windows and then Linux.
>
> I don't think that there's anything fundamentally
> wrong with the CD drive because it was working before
> I did the reinstall.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions &c. most welcome!
>
> Rgs.
>
>
> Paul...
>
>
>
>
> plinehan at yahoo.com
>
> Tel: (00 353) 86 864 5772
>
>
>
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