My laptop bypasses the installation CD in the D drive and just opens into Windows. Time to get my 3 57 magnum... Go on punk ... What you want to ask yourself is... Did he put a CD in the drive or didn't he ... Do you feel lucky punk. Well, do ya! Come on ... Boot into windows and make my day! Peter -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:20 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Reformat ... How to. Hi Peter, I actually said it wasn't necessary to go into the BIOS on the machine. I don't actually know how to do this on the Toshiba. Thanks. Andrew. On 26 Sep 2005, at 18:24, Peter Logue wrote: > Okay, how do I get into the bios.' > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:42 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Reformat ... How to. > > Hi, > T > His is probably because you installed SP2. You need to put the disk > in and get the BIOS to boot from the disk - I don't believe I had to > change anything to get the bios to boot from the CD - it just asked me > to press any key to boot from CD ab boot time, then the setup program > launched. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Peter Logue > Sent: 26 September 2005 17:09 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Reformat ... How to. > > Hi Andrew, > I do have all Of these drivers. Installing them is no problem. > Installing > my copy of XP Home is. I can't do it within Windows, as Windows tells > me that a newer version of windows is installed. If there was a way to > install from a command prompt. I've tried formatting the C drive, but > windows won't let me do that either, not sure how you'd do that these > days. > > Peter > > > > ** 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 > > ** 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