Discussions about booting

What does booting in to Windows in safe mode do? How is booting in to Windows in safe mode different from a normal boot? Started by Jay R. on Friday, May 15, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at serverfault Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault): Safe mode helps article has more detail about boot.... There are other options though such as starting with networking support (adding more drivers and settings to the boot), or the command prompt as as shell instead of Explorer. boot.

Booting from a USB Will booting linux (slitaz) from my USB damage my original OS (windows vista) Started by Nish on Monday, December 21, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): Is off) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile%5Fmemory If you are booting from a live cd version.

Booting...booting...booting etc. - Windows NT / 2000 / XP Hello, I seem to be having issues with windows 2000. I was running fine until it asked me to do a windows update. So I did. Then it ask me to reboot. So I did. Then... It rebooted and went through the "Bio" part and it started with windows. I could see... Started by thefeiners on Sunday, November 23, 2003, 8 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at daniweb Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at daniweb): It worked for me I tried a "dirty re-install" by booting up with a win 98 boot-disk and attempting.... Good Luck Try a dirty reinstall of Win2k. Maybe,try booting into safe mone ,hitting f8 on bootup ,go into add/remove programs and remove.

Use of tftp server in booting sequence of router After post process in booting sequence of router if no valid configuration file exists in NVRAM, the operating system searches for an available TFTP server. my question is where this tftp server lies...and also want to know all the concepts regarding ... Started by pulkizine on Thursday, December 03, 2009, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): You should be able. Loading an alternate boot image / new firmware or configuration settings.

System getting to command prompt soon after booting Hi All, My system is getting to command prompt soon after the booting process. Once getting into command prompt, the cursor stops at DHCP /, I have to press escape to proceed further. I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 2. Kindly advice Started by Guruprasad on Saturday, December 19, 2009, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): Your computer is either set to boot from the network before the hard drive, or it can't see the hard drive.... I suggest going into your BIOS and disabling network boot. It sounds like you are getting into the F12 network boot process.

Does dual booting Linux and Windows Vista require special treatment? I'm planning to install Linux on a computer that is currently running Windows Vista. Vista needs to remain functional after the install. I've been reading and it sounds like Microsoft changed the way Vista boots compared to previous versions of Windows... Started by Wayne on Sunday, December 14, 2008, 8 posts by 8 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Both options are easier alternatives to installing Windows and Linux to dual boot. Another alternative machine. That will handle the partitioning and install the boot loader for you (I recommend Ubuntu ).

Delay before booting? Booting will start only after 5-10 minutes. If we go for BIOS, it will also take that much time. At that time monitor showing intel pentium 4 logo. My Mother board is intel 845 GlAD and Processor is INTEL P4 Started by cdb on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 4 posts by 4 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): The computer would take.... I had that same problem when the power supply was going out . I had the same kind of issues when my Palm TX was connected when the computer was rebooted . Do you have USB devices connected to the computer? Try disconnecting them .

Delay before booting with laptop I have almost the same problem as in Delay before booting? My computer is a practically new (couple months) Lenovo X200 Tablet (System Model 7449FXG). So when I press the power button, the indicator light that means "computer is on" turns on, but nothing... Started by Priednis on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): The default is usually the Quick version I am having the same issue after I updated the BIOS thru the ThinkAdvantage... . Is it possible you have enable a POST other than the usual quick POST? Some BIOSs will allow a more detailed POST and that takes some time .

How useful is PXE booting? Hi All, How fast is booting over PXE?. Is it conceivable to boot a linux installation? Does it take a long time? I have never really looked into it at all, but I was considering setting up a compiler farm and thought this might be interesting to try. ... Started by J. T. on Sunday, October 25, 2009, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at serverfault Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault): I couldn't do my job nearly so well without PXE booting -- all the other machines start with a memtest boot option, then.... I manage a cluster of about 20 physical machines that are located from anyone at the DC . PXE booting is awesome.

Booting from External HD with XP on it.. Hello I have a laptop with Windows 7 Home Prem 32 bit. I was wondering if i can install Win XP on to an External HD (USB) and boot from that? Is this possible and easy to do? I've seen plenty of posts about dual booting with one HD and 2 OS but what about... Started by Paul on Thursday, January 21, 2010, 3 posts by 3 people.   Read the full thread at superuser Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser): Alternatively, you could press the associated keyboard shortcut to reveal the boot.... Note, however, that your BIOS must support booting from USB devices and that the boot order should have USB precede HDD devices. Yes, it is possible.