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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / December 2005Keyboard not recognized during start up disk
Hi, I am trying to format my C drive to wipe out ME and load XP for a clean boot. Unfortunately, I ordered a copy of an OEM version (due to my ignorance on what OEM version is..but now I know) and it is non-returnable. It is my understanding that it will only load on a clean boot. I can't get to my bios or work with the start up disk because the start up doesn't recognize the keyboard or mouse until the OS is loaded. Does anyone know how to get around this? Any help would be appreciated, thank you. coop Hi coop Try this once. If your keyboard is hooked up to USB ,get a converter plug and hook up to the PS2 port. Hope this helps.  SignatureCarl G > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > coop Hi Carl, Borrowed a PS2 from a friend and it worked. I am using XP now. Thank you for your help. I appologize for it taking so long to get back. With the holidays, it gets busy. Thanks agian, Coop Buy a cheap keyboard that you can hook up to get you into BIOS.. SignatureMike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > coop Mike I know what they say about beggars and borrowers but the other person probably only needs another keyboard and mouse to be able to install the necessary drivers to get their own up and running. SignatureRegards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Buy a cheap keyboard that you can hook up to get you into BIOS.. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> coop Gerry That is a possibility for sure.. as long as it is in the same building, no problema.. why in the same building?.. well, any other scenario may require a car journey which costs, and it may happen again, incurring yet another cost.. a cheap keyboard can be picked up for $5 in some places, and is always available if the need arises.. SignatureMike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User > Mike > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> >>> coop Mike When posting my last message I did picture a user in the Australian outback might have problems but many of us have friends living within walking distance. The other answer is don't throw away old keyboards and mice which still function, albeit imperfectly. That worked for me recently. You can't buy a keyboard and mouse here for the equivalent of $5, except perhaps second hand. SignatureRegards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gerry > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >>>> >>>> coop Gerry Your policy of keeping a keyboard, albeit partially broken, would serve you well in the Aussie outback.. but columbus.rr.com is not an ISP that I would associate with Australia.. :-) The best that an Aussie living in the Nullarbor could hope is that there will be a computer store on the 'Tea and Sugar', assuming that the Tea and Sugar still exists.. Oops.. it doesn't.. http://www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/collection/special/teasugar.html .. ended in 1996.. oh well.. don't throw your keybo's out, cobber cousins.. :-) SignatureMike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User > Mike > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>>> >>>>> coop Hum ... betcha didn't check the source before you posted! Signature~~~~ Gerry ~~~~~~~~ Enquire, plan and execute. Stourport, England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gerry > [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> coop Gerry I couldn't have gotten it all in one post had I not checked first.. notice that I made reference to the Tea and Sugar, and then followed up with "oops, it doesn't".. :-) I know that many years ago, schooling was done on short wave radio.. as DC has made us all aware, outback kids get schooled in the internet classroom.. a great idea.. SignatureMike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User > Hum ... betcha didn't check the source before you posted! > [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> coop Most places are only an hour flying away. It only took 40 minutes to fly to school. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Web Diary http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#co mments ================================================= > Mike > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >>>>> >>>>> coop And the cost is / was less than the equivalent of 5 US$ within the last 12 months? SignatureRegards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most places are only an hour flying away. It only took 40 minutes to fly to school. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Web Diary http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#co mments ================================================= > Mike > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >>>>> >>>>> coop In the outback, where I not ever been, they have Radio and Internet schools. I went to boarding school, Australia's first co-educational boarding school, and only flew once each way per term. It was on the tablelands 160 miles inland from Sydney. The fare probably was less than US$5 as the A$ was worth heaps more than the $US in those days. Don't you remember abandoning the colonies in 1973 when you turned your back on us and joined the common market. New Zealand's economy was solely geared to feeding you and you cut them off. Australia's was more diversified but it was still a large part of our economy. And it wasn't in the last 12 months, about 276 months. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Web Diary http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#co mments ================================================= > And the cost is / was less than the equivalent of 5 US$ within the last 12 > months? [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> coop David In 1973 neither Australia or New Zealand were colonies and had ceased to be so long before that time. Special arrangements were made to protect the interests of New Zealand when the United Kingdom entered the European Union. My recollection is that by 1973 Australia was building substantial trading links with the Asian trading markets and was buying manufactured goods from Japan and the United States, which had previously come from the United Kingdom. However, all this is history and hardly relevant to the cost of obtaining a keyboard and mouse in 2005! SignatureRegards. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the outback, where I not ever been, they have Radio and Internet schools. I went to boarding school, Australia's first co-educational boarding school, and only flew once each way per term. It was on the tablelands 160 miles inland from Sydney. The fare probably was less than US$5 as the A$ was worth heaps more than the $US in those days. Don't you remember abandoning the colonies in 1973 when you turned your back on us and joined the common market. New Zealand's economy was solely geared to feeding you and you cut them off. Australia's was more diversified but it was still a large part of our economy. And it wasn't in the last 12 months, about 276 months. Signature-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Web Diary http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#co mments ================================================= > And the cost is / was less than the equivalent of 5 US$ within the last 12 > months? [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> coop Gerry The UK has computer fairs running on Saturdays and Sundays, up and down the country.. I still get e-mail updates re the Excalibur fairs.. they have fairly cheap keyboards sometimes.. SignatureMike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/User > David > [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> coop If your bios has support for it, enable legacy USB. It may be called something else in some bios setup. This also allows msdos recognition of the USB keyboard natively, and with a msdos driver, the mouse as well. You may disable this AFTER the install of XP completes. Legacy USB may cause extra drive letters for USB sticks that aren't usable in many OSes. SignatureJonny > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > coop |
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