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Offline sam

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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2011, 12:58 »
Quote from: D-Dan on January 06, 2011, 12:24
Installing Linux ALWAYS works :)

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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2011, 12:58 »
Quote from: Rik on January 06, 2011, 12:20
I bet Sam's plan has installing Linux mentioned somewhere. ;D

it would have, yes
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2011, 13:02 »
 :laugh:
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2011, 13:35 »
I might as well install a new OS, as everytime I restart my computer, it has to use the CD .
And when I turn it off, as I have just done, it installs of the updates that it downloaded, again.

If I had a gun, I'd shoot it!   >:(

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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2011, 14:38 »
Can't you re-install XP, Kate?
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2011, 15:31 »
What exactly IS the boot problem? It may be an easy fix :)

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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2011, 15:57 »
indeed it might be, especially if its an mbr issue.
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2011, 16:04 »
Is that short for member, or Kate in this instance, Sam? ;D
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2011, 17:51 »
Just to show how clever I am - Master Boot Record.  :smart:
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« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2011, 17:54 »
Why would Kate need a record of her master's boots? :D
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2011, 18:16 »
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« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2011, 18:22 »
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2011, 19:38 »
If she knows where his boots are, she knows where the master is  :o:

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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2011, 20:17 »
Dangerous talk around here, Steve.  :devil:
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Re: Boot Disc Failure, another one....
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2011, 23:51 »
simply -argh.
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