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From: Ben Myers on 15 Sep 2008 13:22
The "splash screen" is that cute little graphic displayed by the motherboard
BIOS when your system boots up.

The choices for "Boot Method" (RPL, PXE, TCP/IP, NetWare) are all for booting
from the network. They are not helpful to you.

Please do the following:

1. FORGET ABOUT bootcfg. It will not help you. Do not even get sidetracked to
find out more about it. Bootcfg has NOTHING to do with booting your system, a
function managed by the motherboard BIOS. FORGET ABOUT bootcfg! Get it!

2. Since something is set incorrectly in the BIOS (else it wouldn't try to boot
from the network), you need to press the F2 key as soon as you see the laptop's
splash screen. Then you need to find the BIOS setup screen where you can set
the boot order, which should be: CD/DVD-ROM
` Hard drive
Other devices

If you cannot figure out how to do this, please go to the Dell web site and
download or refer to the 2650 User's Guide there. If you still cannot set the
BIOS to boot from a CD, take the computer to a competent repair person. If you
are somewhere near ZIP 01451, I will change the BIOS settings for you for $25,
which is about all you should have to pay anyone... Ben Myers

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:39:51 -0700 (PDT), Fred the Red Shirt
<fredfighter(a)spamcop.net> wrote:

>On Sep 15, 3:48�am, "Fixer" <steve.haberfi...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> ERRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr staing the blindingly obvious but did you hit the F12
>> key from the dell spash screen and choose "Boot From CD"????????
>
>I don't know what a spash (splash?) screen is.
>
>If I hit F12 during startup I get a message saying to enter CTR-ALT-
>B.
>
>Doing that I get a "Configuration menu" where I can set the "Boot
>Method".
>
>The choices for "Boot Method" are:
>
>RPL
>PXE
>TCP/IP
>NetWare
>
>Which of those is the "Boot From CD"?
>
>The other parameters are currently set to:
>
>Config Message: Enabled
>Message Timeout: 6 seconds
>Boot Failure Prompt: Wait for Timeout
>Boot Failure: Next Boot Device
From: Fred the Red Shirt on 15 Sep 2008 16:28
On Sep 15, 11:37 am, JayB <J...(a)audiman.net> wrote:
> that bootcfg command will not help you.
> did you try hitting the f12 key to get the start menu???
> you must boot off the windows cd to install it.
>

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/msg/75ee6eb7162c0470?hl=en&dmode=source

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/msg/74c6a1e5158287ff?hl=en&dmode=source

--

FF
From: JayB on 15 Sep 2008 17:15
why are you giving me back links to this thread??
what's your point?

just hit the f12 to get the start menu and then boot from the windows CD.
make sure you hit the "anykey" to start windows setup.


Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
> On Sep 15, 11:37 am, JayB <J...(a)audiman.net> wrote:
>> that bootcfg command will not help you.
>> did you try hitting the f12 key to get the start menu???
>> you must boot off the windows cd to install it.
>>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/msg/75ee6eb7162c0470?hl=en&dmode=source
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/msg/74c6a1e5158287ff?hl=en&dmode=source
>
> --
>
> FF
From: olfart on 15 Sep 2008 17:39

"JayB" <JayB(a)audiman.net> wrote in message
news:gamj9n$1o8$1(a)registered.motzarella.org...
> why are you giving me back links to this thread??
> what's your point?
>
> just hit the f12 to get the start menu and then boot from the windows CD.
> make sure you hit the "anykey" to start windows setup.
>
>
can't find the "any" key
Now what


From: JayB on 15 Sep 2008 18:41
put it back in the box and ship it back to India
lol

olfart wrote:
> "JayB" <JayB(a)audiman.net> wrote in message
> news:gamj9n$1o8$1(a)registered.motzarella.org...
>> why are you giving me back links to this thread??
>> what's your point?
>>
>> just hit the f12 to get the start menu and then boot from the windows CD.
>> make sure you hit the "anykey" to start windows setup.
>>
>>
> can't find the "any" key
> Now what
>
>
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