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Title: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 12:34:53 AM Trying to reformat my hard disc.
The geezer in the shop said "it's self explanatory" I put the disc in the drive and it's popped up this: Auto-Play DVD RW Drive (D:) Repair Disc Windows 7 64-bit General Option Open folder to view files using Internet Explorer View more autoPlay options in Control Panel And nothing is happening. I can click on the bottom two things.. but I have no clue what anything means after I click them What should I click/press/do? Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: Christo! on March 09, 2012, 12:48:54 AM I think you need to restart your computer with the cd in the drive.
It should then ask you if you want to boot from hard drive or disc. Pick disc and then it should start windows and have pretty easy instructions to follow. I am not 100% sure this is right so maybe wait until someone else comes on here and confirms it. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 12:51:34 AM I think you need to restart your computer with the cd in the drive. It should then ask you if you want to boot from hard drive or disc. Pick disc and then it should start windows and have pretty easy instructions to follow. I am not 100% sure this is right so maybe wait until someone else comes on here and confirms it. Ah. That's probably it. Geezer could have mentioned this. Thanks Chris.- Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: bobAlike on March 09, 2012, 12:59:27 AM I think you need to restart your computer with the cd in the drive. It should then ask you if you want to boot from hard drive or disc. Pick disc and then it should start windows and have pretty easy instructions to follow. I am not 100% sure this is right so maybe wait until someone else comes on here and confirms it. Ah. That's probably it. Geezer could have mentioned this. Thanks Chris.- Probably stating the obvious but make sure you back up what you need to keep as this will get rid of everything on your hard disk. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 01:03:01 AM I think you need to restart your computer with the cd in the drive. It should then ask you if you want to boot from hard drive or disc. Pick disc and then it should start windows and have pretty easy instructions to follow. I am not 100% sure this is right so maybe wait until someone else comes on here and confirms it. Ah. That's probably it. Geezer could have mentioned this. Thanks Chris.- Probably stating the obvious but make sure you back up what you need to keep as this will get rid of everything on your hard disk. Nothing is too obvious to state believe me. My knowledge of computers is equal to my knowledge of the Norwegian leather industry. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 01:04:11 AM Nope, this doesn't seem to be working.
A little red light is flashing occasionally, but nothing else seems to be happening. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: Christo! on March 09, 2012, 01:04:11 AM Yeah if you reformat the hard drive you will lose all pics/music etc
Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 01:05:52 AM Yeah if you reformat the hard drive you will lose all pics/music etc Nothing to lose on this one. Just need a fresh computer. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: ManuelsMum on March 09, 2012, 01:06:36 AM when u reboot does the light on the dvd drive do anything? you may need to DEL into bios to tell pc to boot from dvd drive
Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: Christo! on March 09, 2012, 01:06:39 AM Does the computer just start up normally and go to windows?
Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 01:09:30 AM Does the computer just start up normally and go to windows? Yes Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: Christo! on March 09, 2012, 01:11:16 AM Does the computer just start up normally and go to windows? Yes When you restart the computer watch for something like "Press any key to boot from CD DVD" Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: Machka on March 09, 2012, 01:46:16 AM This could get complicated.
You'll need to set the computer to boot from the DVD drive in the BIOS. When you start the computer you'll see something like PHOENIX BIOS or AMIBIOS with an option to presss ESC or F1 to enter setup when you see this press ESC or F1 You'll then need to go to boot options and set the CD/DVD drive as the first boot drive. any problems let me know what type of bios it says you have and I'll (try and) guide you through the options. Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: The Camel on March 09, 2012, 01:52:11 AM This could get complicated. You'll need to set the computer to boot from the DVD drive in the BIOS. When you start the computer you'll see something like PHOENIX BIOS or AMIBIOS with an option to presss ESC or F1 to enter setup when you see this press ESC or F1 You'll then need to go to boot options and set the CD/DVD drive as the first boot drive. any problems let me know what type of bios it says you have and I'll (try and) guide you through the options. Actually got into the boot menu from F11.. Anyways, I've achieved it somehow. As far away from "self explanatory" as could possibly be imo. But done now, thanks for your help guys, alot more useful than the ejit in the computer shop! Title: Re: Any techies awake? Idiot needs help Post by: kinboshi on March 09, 2012, 08:04:57 AM Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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