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  • Locked Out Of Changing Boot Menu - Can't Change To Boot With CD

    From bud@invalid.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 13 20:07:33 2020
    I just had my Windows XP Pro reinstalled because of years of problems
    which rendered my XP a mess. During reinstalling my programs, I find
    I can get into the Boot Menu (F12), but neither my keyboard nor mouse
    will allow changing from the Hard Disk Boot to the ability to boot
    from a CD. There is no movement of either. That means for one thing,
    I cannot use a Repair Disk (Recovery) disk in the future.

    The version of Win XP reinstalled was from my
    original-bought-and-paid-for-CD. In other words, a legitimate XP
    copy. The machine is the same one that this copy of Win 7 came with.
    And it always before was set to boot from a CD.

    Anyone have any idea about this?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From bud@invalid.com@21:1/5 to bud@invalid.com on Sun Dec 13 20:47:15 2020
    On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:07:33 -0600, bud@invalid.com wrote:

    I just had my Windows XP Pro reinstalled because of years of problems
    which rendered my XP a mess. During reinstalling my programs, I find
    I can get into the Boot Menu (F12), but neither my keyboard nor mouse
    will allow changing from the Hard Disk Boot to the ability to boot
    from a CD. There is no movement of either. That means for one thing,
    I cannot use a Repair Disk (Recovery) disk in the future.

    The version of Win XP reinstalled was from my >original-bought-and-paid-for-CD. In other words, a legitimate XP
    copy. The machine is the same one that this copy of Win 7 came with.
    And it always before was set to boot from a CD.

    Anyone have any idea about this?

    Yes, I did try the + and - keys.

    They don't do anything either.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to bud@invalid.com on Sun Dec 13 19:37:16 2020
    On 12/13/2020 6:47 PM, bud@invalid.com wrote:
    On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:07:33 -0600, bud@invalid.com wrote:

    I just had my Windows XP Pro reinstalled because of years of problems
    which rendered my XP a mess. During reinstalling my programs, I find
    I can get into the Boot Menu (F12), but neither my keyboard nor mouse
    will allow changing from the Hard Disk Boot to the ability to boot
    from a CD. There is no movement of either. That means for one thing,
    I cannot use a Repair Disk (Recovery) disk in the future.

    The version of Win XP reinstalled was from my
    original-bought-and-paid-for-CD. In other words, a legitimate XP
    copy. The machine is the same one that this copy of Win 7 came with.
    And it always before was set to boot from a CD.

    Anyone have any idea about this?

    Yes, I did try the + and - keys.

    They don't do anything either.


    Are the keyboard and mouse USB devices? Give it a try with the old
    fashioned ones with round PS/2 connectors.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From bud@invalid.com@21:1/5 to bud@invalid.com on Mon Dec 14 12:41:41 2020
    On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:47:15 -0600, bud@invalid.com wrote:

    On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:07:33 -0600, bud@invalid.com wrote:

    I just had my Windows XP Pro reinstalled because of years of problems
    which rendered my XP a mess. During reinstalling my programs, I find
    I can get into the Boot Menu (F12), but neither my keyboard nor mouse
    will allow changing from the Hard Disk Boot to the ability to boot
    from a CD. There is no movement of either. That means for one thing,
    I cannot use a Repair Disk (Recovery) disk in the future.

    The version of Win XP reinstalled was from my >>original-bought-and-paid-for-CD. In other words, a legitimate XP
    copy. The machine is the same one that this copy of Win 7 came with.
    And it always before was set to boot from a CD.

    Anyone have any idea about this?

    Yes, I did try the + and - keys.

    They don't do anything either.

    I had to go through the Advanced Bios Setup.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)