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What do you do if your desktop background turns half white?
You might want to re-boot your computer.
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You can stop using it whenever you want.
Can you change a computer's boot drive?
yes but it invloves using the BIOS. Do this at own risk! Shut down your computer then the first screen you see enter setup (usually f8) then use the arrow keys to navigate to boot device tab. Highlight the boot device you want press enter then esc then highlight save and exit and hit enter. Then once the computer restarts the computer should boot with the device you selected.
How do you fix a computer that doesn't always go through the boot phase?
If your computer does not always boot correctly, you may want to flash the BIOS, which can be a troublesome task for beginnners, so if you are not too sure about what you are doing, get an experienced friend to help you.
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because you can find out info that you want.
What is dual boot?
You can have more than one operating system installed on a computer at a time. Dual boot allows you the choose which system you want to use. With dual boot enabled, when you turn on your PC it will give you a choice of operating systems.
How do you reformat a computer?
None. if you want to format a non-boot drive, find it in my computer, right click and select "format...". if you want to format your boot drive [Be careful] , you usually need to stick in a windows CD and boot from disk, so that the computer knows what to do with itself afterwords. -------------- You can also do this from a terminal window (use the DOS 'format' command), however reformatting the computer will require you to reload the operating system from scratch (and you will lose all your data) before you can use it again. -------------- Assuming you are using Windows XP here's a tutorial http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/instructions/reformat.htm
If you are dual booting can you set one os to boot normally but press a key to access the boot menu if you want to access the other os?
yes. but it depend on the computer. Some you to press F8 and on others F12
When installing a hard drive or an operating system you will want to have the bios attempt to first boot from a?
Once the hard drive is installed in the computer, you must fdisk then format it the way you want. Next, you should set the bios to boot from the OS installation disk.
What does f-12 do when boot up the computer?
It usually brings up the boot device menu. From there you can select what hardware you want to start your computer from, regardless of the boot order set in the F2 (or F1) menu. You can select installed hardware (Hard drives, Optical Drives, or Floppy Drives) or removable hardware (External Hard drives, flash drives, etc.).
If you have Windows 2000 and want to install XP Pro what do you do after formatting?
If you have an XP pro CD you can simply enter the BIOS and set the computer to boot from CD. Then put the CD in and when you reboot it will begin setup and format the drive and install Xp as part of the process.
What is it referred to when you install Windows Vista on a computer running an earlier operating system?
It's called a "Dual-Boot" installation. When you start your computer, you will be asked to choose which operating system you want to use.
