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Canna,
You cannot boot to DOS from within Win Me unlike earlier Win 9x systems due to the removal of real mode although you can open a DOS like window. The only option is to use a boot floppy however there is no need to boot to DOS to run scanreg /restore, this can be run from within Win Me (Start, Run, Scanreg /restore) however I suggested you to use a boot floppy as I was under the impression that you could not boot to Win Me. Regards, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: No problem glad tohelp the helper and others. One thing that I've though of that my be of use to other is... Is there a quick way of booting to DOS? I went into my setup and changed the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy. I was just wondering how would you do it? Cheers. |
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Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only way was
to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is there a quick way to tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather than going into setup (BIOS) and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy. Cheers. "Mike M" wrote: Canna, You cannot boot to DOS from within Win Me unlike earlier Win 9x systems due to the removal of real mode although you can open a DOS like window. The only option is to use a boot floppy however there is no need to boot to DOS to run scanreg /restore, this can be run from within Win Me (Start, Run, Scanreg /restore) however I suggested you to use a boot floppy as I was under the impression that you could not boot to Win Me. Regards, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: No problem glad tohelp the helper and others. One thing that I've though of that my be of use to other is... Is there a quick way of booting to DOS? I went into my setup and changed the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy. I was just wondering how would you do it? Cheers. |
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The boot order determines as you know the order in which the various
possible bootable devices in the system are polled and this order is usually set in the bios. Many users have their systems permanently set to boot in the following order 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk to avoid having to enter the bios each time they want to boot from other than their hard disk. On not finding a bootable floppy or CD the system will boot from the hard disk. However this solution has some risk, for example if an infected bootable floppy disk is left in the drive by mistake after the user had perhaps been checking the contents of the disk in the previous session. There are some modern systems that allow the user to change the boot order from within the operating system whilst the system is running rather than having to access the bios directly. This is the method used by my Toshiba Portégé M300 laptop. Cheers, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only way was to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is there a quick way to tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather than going into setup (BIOS) and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy. |
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Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD as it's
very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's in my computer, only music and games. So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'? Craig. "Mike M" wrote: The boot order determines as you know the order in which the various possible bootable devices in the system are polled and this order is usually set in the bios. Many users have their systems permanently set to boot in the following order 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk to avoid having to enter the bios each time they want to boot from other than their hard disk. On not finding a bootable floppy or CD the system will boot from the hard disk. However this solution has some risk, for example if an infected bootable floppy disk is left in the drive by mistake after the user had perhaps been checking the contents of the disk in the previous session. There are some modern systems that allow the user to change the boot order from within the operating system whilst the system is running rather than having to access the bios directly. This is the method used by my Toshiba Portégé M300 laptop. Cheers, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: Sorry Mike, you were correct I could not boot to win Me and the only way was to use a boot disk. What I meant in the last post was is there a quick way to tell your PC to run using the boot floppy rather than going into setup (BIOS) and changing the 1st boot from IDE 0 to floppy. |
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Craig,
So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'? Ignore but this may depend on your bios. Let me illustrate with what happens with the Award bios on this machine: 1) Floppy boots automatically if present, sometimes barfs if a non-bootable floppy is present, ignores if no floppy. 2) CD. If a bootable CD is present bios asks if I wish to boot from CD giving 5 or 10 seconds to reply 3) HD. Boots automatically if bootable partition present,. Hope this helps, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD as it's very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's in my computer, only music and games. So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'? |
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Thanks very much for all your help.
I'll leave you alone now... Craig. "Mike M" wrote: Craig, So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'? Ignore but this may depend on your bios. Let me illustrate with what happens with the Award bios on this machine: 1) Floppy boots automatically if present, sometimes barfs if a non-bootable floppy is present, ignores if no floppy. 2) CD. If a bootable CD is present bios asks if I wish to boot from CD giving 5 or 10 seconds to reply 3) HD. Boots automatically if bootable partition present,. Hope this helps, -- Mike Maltby canna wrote: Cheers Mike, i think I'll change mine to 1) Floppy 2) Hard disk 3) CD as it's very rare when I use a floppy anyway. I do however leave CD's in my computer, only music and games. So if I was to set it to 1) floppy 2) CD 3) hard disk and I left a CD in the drive like music would it ignore it or would it say 'Invalid system disk'? |
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