So assuming you have that software, and you want to start from the very beginning, how do you run it from scratch if there is no Operating System on the machine?
I'm just trying to imagine doing it as a completely non-sighted person with no assistance around at all.
Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace----- Original Message ----- From: "James Scholes" <jamesscholes@xxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:56 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
You don't need programming skills at all, just some software called NLight I think is its name which will do it all for you.-------------------------------------------------- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:53 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers pleaseHi George Interesting. So dare I ask, how do you create an "Answer" file?You could get round the disk key by writing that down beforehand if someone gives you it I would have thought. I just find it hard to imagine turning on a computer from scratch, with no eyesight and nobody on hand to ask, and doing all that is required until you reach the point where you install JAWS, Window-Eyes or Hal, whichever is your preference. I wouldn't do it, but I'm intrigued nevertheless, and extremely sceptical.Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:44 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers pleaseHi Jackie, In theory, and even in practice, it is possible to do what is called an "Unattended install" of Windows. Professional System Administrators do it all the time. However, it first does require some technical expertise, and of course you need a pair of eyes to get certain details such as the CD Key. To put it in very simple terms, essentially you need to create an "Answer File". Provided this is assembled 100% correctly - the emphasis being on 100% - the answer file will then provide the answers to the questions a Windows installation asks you during the process. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:34 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please Well Andy, I'm going to be controversial here and say that those who say it can be done are being ever so slightly economical with the truth. If you install Windows from scratch, as in a complete full copy, you have to know what it's asking you, and unless you've got a photographic memory and can recall every step without a sighted person being within reach of the screen, I don't think you can do it. If you have recovery disks that you tend to get with a machine in a High Street store, it generally wants to know things like language, and your name etc. There aren't so many steps to go through with a recovery as there are with a full installation of the actual Operating System from scratch. Personally, because I'm cautious, I wouldn't do it without sighted assistance, just in case I was asked an unexpected question and pressed the wrong option to accept. I just wouldn't do it. If it has been done with no sighted assistance by a totally blind person from scratch, then well done. Jackie Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx Skype Name: Cairnsplace ** 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** 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** 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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