Creating A Diagnostics Partition
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From: ben_myers_spam_me_not @ on 9 Aug 2005 20:32 That link has accurate directions. But the real issue is still whether or not your model of Dell has a BIOS which will boot to a diagnostic partition. Personally, I do not know the answer, but I'll ask the question again, because I tried to do the same thing once and the Dell system I was working on could not boot to the diagnostic partition, and I wasted my time... Ben Myers On 9 Aug 2005 11:34:41 -0700, "dgrnyc(a)yahoo.com" <dgrnyc(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I found this link. Some this stuff may be hard to do without a floppy >drive (my case). I'll let you guys know if I am successful in following >these directions. >http://www.goodells.net/dellutility/recreate.htm >
From: Sparky Spartacus on 10 Aug 2005 00:04 Nicholas Andrade wrote: > Sparky Spartacus wrote: > >> Shel wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:48:31 -0400, "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz(a)notmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Creating the diagnostic partition is not the problem, if you're >>>> familiar with partitioning software (Partition Magic, BootIt NG, >>>> etc.) or imaging software (e.g. True Image, Ghost). The problem is >>>> accessing the diagnostics partition from the F12 key. That requires >>>> some highly technical knowledge of programming, and is not >>>> guaranteed to work on every model of Dell computer. Ain't no easy >>>> way to do it. The easy way is to use Dell's diagnostic CD instead, >>>> which has all the same stuff you'll find in the diagnostic partition. >>> >>> For Ted: >>> >>> Why do your postings always come through as one long line of text with >>> no word wrapping? >> >> Doen't happen for me (using Mozilla 1.7.8). Have you checked your >> local settings? > > Although Mozilla Mail will "word wrap" it when viewing the post, try > replying to Ted's post and it will appear as one long string (I'm using > Moz 1.7.8 in Windows right now, but it renders the same in Moz 1.7.11 in > Linux as well). No one said anything about replying to Ted.
From: Nicholas Andrade on 10 Aug 2005 00:29 Sparky Spartacus wrote: > Nicholas Andrade wrote: > >> Sparky Spartacus wrote: >> >>> Shel wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:48:31 -0400, "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz(a)notmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Creating the diagnostic partition is not the problem, if you're >>>>> familiar with partitioning software (Partition Magic, BootIt NG, >>>>> etc.) or imaging software (e.g. True Image, Ghost). The problem is >>>>> accessing the diagnostics partition from the F12 key. That requires >>>>> some highly technical knowledge of programming, and is not >>>>> guaranteed to work on every model of Dell computer. Ain't no easy >>>>> way to do it. The easy way is to use Dell's diagnostic CD instead, >>>>> which has all the same stuff you'll find in the diagnostic partition. >>>> >>>> >>>> For Ted: >>>> >>>> Why do your postings always come through as one long line of text with >>>> no word wrapping? >>> >>> >>> Doen't happen for me (using Mozilla 1.7.8). Have you checked your >>> local settings? >> >> >> Although Mozilla Mail will "word wrap" it when viewing the post, try >> replying to Ted's post and it will appear as one long string (I'm >> using Moz 1.7.8 in Windows right now, but it renders the same in Moz >> 1.7.11 in Linux as well). > > > No one said anything about replying to Ted. Just because no one has mentioned it thus far doesn't mean it's not true.
From: Sparky Spartacus on 10 Aug 2005 13:07 Nicholas Andrade wrote: > Sparky Spartacus wrote: > >> Nicholas Andrade wrote: >> >>> Sparky Spartacus wrote: >>> >>>> Shel wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:48:31 -0400, "Ted Zieglar" <teddyz(a)notmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Creating the diagnostic partition is not the problem, if you're >>>>>> familiar with partitioning software (Partition Magic, BootIt NG, >>>>>> etc.) or imaging software (e.g. True Image, Ghost). The problem is >>>>>> accessing the diagnostics partition from the F12 key. That >>>>>> requires some highly technical knowledge of programming, and is >>>>>> not guaranteed to work on every model of Dell computer. Ain't no >>>>>> easy way to do it. The easy way is to use Dell's diagnostic CD >>>>>> instead, which has all the same stuff you'll find in the >>>>>> diagnostic partition. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For Ted: >>>>> >>>>> Why do your postings always come through as one long line of text with >>>>> no word wrapping? >>>> >>>> Doen't happen for me (using Mozilla 1.7.8). Have you checked your >>>> local settings? >>> >>> Although Mozilla Mail will "word wrap" it when viewing the post, try >>> replying to Ted's post and it will appear as one long string (I'm >>> using Moz 1.7.8 in Windows right now, but it renders the same in Moz >>> 1.7.11 in Linux as well). >> >> No one said anything about replying to Ted. > > Just because no one has mentioned it thus far doesn't mean it's not true. Of course not, and it is; but there was no reason for me to have addressed that possibility.
From: dgrnyc@yahoo.com on 11 Aug 2005 09:16
When I press the F12 key one of the boot options is Dianostics. So, I assume that this means that the Inspiron 8600 models can boot to a dianostic partition. I think when I originally bought this used computer that there was a dianostic partition. However, I deleted the partition back then when I was reinstalling Windows. Daniel |