Right George, I thought you would press either F2 or F8 while the computer is starting to access the BIOS, and then you choose from a list where to boot from... but I didn't realise that choice would then become the default booting choice. Well, that didn't happen when I reinstalled Windows and selected boot from CD. When the reinstallation was complete the computer started normally...
Am I confusing things together? Please explain.After accessing the BIOS, if I can remember how many times I need to arrow down to select boot from CD, I then can boot from CD when I need to use Linux, restart the computer when I'm done and all then is back to normal. Would this way work?
To use the above method first I will need to get some sighted help to know how many times I need to arrow to choose CD to boot from... but if that then would make the computer always try to boot from CD first as you said, then I need to think of another way.
Any guidance is very much welcomed. Amro----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ubuntu linux.
As well, how do you choose to boot from the CD withoutsighted help? You will need to get someone sighted to help you access the BIOS of your PC such that it looks at the CD first when looking for a bootable device. You only need to do this once. The only downside is that if you accidentally leave a CD in your drive and shut down, your system may appear to hang when you power up later. And of course there will be no speech to tell you this. George. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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