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On Saturday 16 September 2006 22:50, Friedrich Göpel wrote: |
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> On 14:02 Sat 16 Sep , Mick wrote: |
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> > On 13/09/06, Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > What happens with the latest BIOS updates that some idiotic |
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> > manufacturers only provide as WinXP executables? |
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> I had that problem with my burner because for some reason the dos tools |
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> flat out refused to work, so I slapped the windows exe on a Windows PE |
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> (=Preinstallation Enviroment) Iso burned it and booted from that. |
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> That's basically a Windows LiveCD, except it takes half an hour to boot |
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> and there's no applications. |
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> It is a sucky solution, but not as much as having to actually install |
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> windows/swap out the hardware. |
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Thank you. I've used Bart's PE LiveCD, but it won't run to complete booting. |
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It hangs at the "detecting hardware . . ." stage. Same with a WinXP Pro |
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installation CD that I tried to use a year or so ago. Not sure if the |
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hardware is faulty or this machine will only accept a manufacturer's image |
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CD. |
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As it happens I've got all the important BIOS flash versions for this laptop, |
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but I noticed that more recent computers don't offer the DOS flashing images |
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anymore. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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