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 Feb 22 2008, 04:01 PM
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Feb 22 2008, 04:21 PM
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 Hail Groovicus! Group: Site Admin Posts: 6,454 Joined: 5-June 04 From: Vermillion, SD Member No.: 689 |
What do you mean by 'it doesn't want to install'? Does the CD jump out of the tray and run away screaming?
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Feb 22 2008, 04:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 18-December 07 Member No.: 177,343 |
Lmao, what a great mental image. No, it just seems to ignore the fact that there is an installation disk in the drive and starts linux up...and I just don't know the system well enough to know where to go from there.
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Feb 22 2008, 04:52 PM
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Hail Groovicus! Group: Site Admin Posts: 6,454 Joined: 5-June 04 From: Vermillion, SD Member No.: 689 |
Then when you boot the system, there will be an option to go into the bios. You need to set your computer to boot from the disk.
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Feb 24 2008, 04:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 18-December 07 Member No.: 177,343 |
Still can't get it to work. Could there be something wrong with the disc?
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Feb 24 2008, 04:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 18-December 07 Member No.: 177,343 |
Ok, I got to the bios thing, but it wants a password that, for some reason, is not the same as the password to log into Linux. i am lost again.
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Feb 24 2008, 05:44 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 24-September 07 From: India Member No.: 158,841 |
 Your BIOS password and Linux password WILL NOT be the same.Most BIOS don't have password set by default.So I guess you or someone else using the PC has set a BIOS password.Now I hope you do remember it. -------------------- Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
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Feb 27 2008, 08:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 18-December 07 Member No.: 177,343 |
Well, crap. The problem there is that this is a used computer. So I have no clue what the former owner set as the password. Is there any way to change it?
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Feb 29 2008, 10:36 AM
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A lot of machines have a boot menu that will allow you to select the boot device without modifying the bios. On Dell machines I know it's F12.
On my Toshiba laptop it's F2. Most common keys are F2, F12, Tab, Alt+Tab, Worth a shot anyways. As far as reseting the bios password, most motherboards have a jumper that will do this. Of course this requires that you open up your machine and set the jumper. You could try that if you are comfortable opening up the case. (just unplug it first) U could probably get a manual from the manufacturer's website that will explain how to do this. If not, most shops can do this for you. This post has been edited by yr-less: Feb 29 2008, 10:41 AM |
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Feb 29 2008, 01:31 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 306 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,991 |
QUOTE(yr-less @ Feb 29 2008, 08:36 AM)  As far as reseting the bios password, most motherboards have a jumper that will do this. Of course this requires that you open up your machine and set the jumper. You could try that if you are comfortable opening up the case. (just unplug it first) U could probably get a manual from the manufacturer's website that will explain how to do this. If not, most shops can do this for you. I also bought my current computer off of ebay, and it had a dead hard drive and a BIOS password. I went to dell and found the manual and popped the little jumper thing off. I probably need to stick it back on... or something. Oh well, I don't set a BIOS pass anyways. -------------------- Q6600, 4GB g-skill, 8800GT, P5N-D motherboard  My art |
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Feb 29 2008, 01:58 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 490 Joined: 26-November 06 Member No.: 97,783 |
I don't know if you're fixed or not, but this might help.
How to clear an unknown BIOS password. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000235.htm |
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