Hi Amro, As Andrew has said (And so did I) so long as you do NOT leave a CD in the drive when you power off, your PC will start perfectly normally. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amro Bilal Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:24 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ubuntu linux. Right George, I thought you would press either F2 or F8 while the computer is starting to access the BIOS, and then you choose from a list where to boot from... but I didn't realise that choice would then become the default booting choice. Well, that didn't happen when I reinstalled Windows and selected boot from CD. When the reinstallation was complete the computer started normally... Am I confusing things together? Please explain. After accessing the BIOS, if I can remember how many times I need to arrow down to select boot from CD, I then can boot from CD when I need to use Linux, restart the computer when I'm done and all then is back to normal. Would this way work? To use the above method first I will need to get some sighted help to know how many times I need to arrow to choose CD to boot from... but if that then would make the computer always try to boot from CD first as you said, then I need to think of another way. Any guidance is very much welcomed. Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ubuntu linux. >> As well, how do you choose to boot from the CD without > sighted help? > > You will need to get someone sighted to help you access the > BIOS of your PC such that it looks at the CD first when > looking for a bootable device. > > You only need to do this once. > > The only downside is that if you accidentally leave a CD in > your drive and shut down, your system may appear to hang > when you power up later. And of course there will be no > speech to tell you this. > > George. > ** 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