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Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 2:13:49 AM5/18/13
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Good morning all. An overcast start following a damp night with a
temperature of 9 蚓 (48 蚌), 86% relative humidity and a SL pressure of
1004 mbar.

We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
and enjoy the weekend.
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Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk

Jackie

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May 18, 2013, 2:26:39 AM5/18/13
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"Bri." <Br...@Derby.invalid> wrote in message
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> Good morning all. An overcast start following a damp night with a
> temperature of 9 �C (48 �F), 86% relative humidity and a SL pressure of
> 1004 mbar.
>
> We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
> and enjoy the weekend.
>
Good morning Bri and all. A very cloudy morning so far at 9�C(48�F) with a 5
mph W wind.
We seem to have had this temp. for a few days now. Forecast cloudy with some
sunshine.

Off to the hairdressers this morning, going to take longer today as getting
it done ready for my holiday.

Have a lovely time at your meal out later.
--
Jackie
o0o0o

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 3:53:09 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:49 +0100, Bri. croaked:

> Good morning all. An overcast start following a damp night with a
> temperature of 9 �C (48 �F), 86% relative humidity and a SL pressure of
> 1004 mbar.
>

Good morning Bri,
A thoroughly wet and overcast start here at,
47.3�F (8.5�C) with a 1.4 mph wind, a pressure of 995.8 mb (local) 1001.8
mb (sea level) and a humidity of 96%

So far we have had over half an inch of rain (13.4 mm) and it's still
coming down.

> We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
> and enjoy the weekend.

Thank you.
Have a great meal and enjoy the weekend.
--
Regards, Frogman.
Great men are not always idiots!
My website: http://www.itsmyspot.co.uk
BT connection blog, http://ukfrogman.wordpress.com

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 3:56:15 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 07:26:39 +0100, Jackie croaked:

> Good morning Bri and all. A very cloudy morning so far at 9�C(48�F) with a 5
> mph W wind.
> We seem to have had this temp. for a few days now. Forecast cloudy with some
> sunshine.
>

Good morning Jackie,
The temperature has remained reasonably stable here for a few days too.

> Off to the hairdressers this morning, going to take longer today as getting
> it done ready for my holiday.
>

Don't forget to take your brolly, we don't want you getting it wet when
it's done.

> Have a lovely time.

Have a great weekend.
--
Regards, Frogman.
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.

Bernadette1508

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May 18, 2013, 4:10:09 AM5/18/13
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On 18/05/2013 07:13, Bri. wrote:
> Good morning all. An overcast start following a damp night with a
> temperature of 9 �C (48 �F), 86% relative humidity and a SL pressure of
> 1004 mbar.
>
> We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
> and enjoy the weekend.
>
Good morning Bri, good morning all.
A dull start here too with a wet day forecast although the rain hasn't
arrived yet. The temperature is 13.4C (56.1F) so is still mild, RH is
83% and pressure 1016 millibars.

Off out in a short while s will catch up later.

Have a good day everybody. :-)

--
Bernadette

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 4:32:08 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 09:10:09 +0100, Bernadette1508 croaked:

> Good morning Bri, good morning all.

Good morning Bernadette,

> A dull start here too with a wet day forecast although the rain hasn't
> arrived yet. The temperature is 13.4C (56.1F) so is still mild, RH is
> 83% and pressure 1016 millibars.
>

It's quite miserable here but according to the met office we are to get
some respite from the rain around 13:00 for a couple of hours.

> Off out in a short while s will catch up later.
>

I hope you achieve all you want to.

> Have a good day everybody. :-)

Thank you, you too and have a great weekend.
--
Regards, Frogman.
Most good judgment comes from experience,
Most experience comes from bad judgment.

Flyi�g �u� 2�13 + on desktop

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May 18, 2013, 5:17:45 AM5/18/13
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Bri. wrote:
> Good morning all. An overcast start following a damp night with a
> temperature of 9 �ソスC (48 �ソスF), 86% relative humidity and a SL pressure
> of 1004 mbar.
>
Mornin' from a dry, mild, overcast and dull South Yorkshire. No BYT or
any blue as yet and not looking too promising. Air temperature out
there is 9.0�ソスC (48.2�ソスF), barometric pressure falling again at 1006 mB
and relative humidity registering as 80%. WW reckons it is 9.4�ソスC,
1006.1 mB and 87% in Sheffield. Forecast is for cloudy all day with a
20% chance of any wet stuff and temperature to rise slowly to 10.6�ソスC
(51.1�ソスF) by tea time.
Have a good day one and all.
Calamitous start her though. Nettie is refusing to boot up and all I'm
getting is the following error message. White text on black background.

'Intel UNDI. PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8101E/8102E PCI-E Ethernet Controller v1.06 (080222)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM

Boot Failure
Press any key to continue.'

Haven't a clue what it's trying to tell me but there isn't any cable to
check and pressing any key has no effect whatsoever. All I seem to be
able to do is switch off power using the on/off button and run set up or
Boot menu using the Del or F11 keys. But nothing I do in those has any
effect. Has anyone any suggestions as to what I can try next? Nettie
is an Advent 4211C Netbook and has no DVD/CD or floppy drive. I have
been religiously creating weekly backups on an external Toshiba drive
(500GB) using Macrium, but that seems all a waste of time if the damn
m/c won't boot up at all. I feel like my right arm has been
amputated.. :( .
--
Heard messages are sweet but those Unheard are sweeter
flyi...@tiscali.co.uk FN 2�ソス13+. Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland


Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 6:07:29 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 10:17:45 +0100, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°13 + on desktop croaked:

> Mornin' from a dry, mild, overcast and dull South Yorkshire. No BYT or
> any blue as yet and not looking too promising. Air temperature out
> there is 9.0ºC (48.2ºF), barometric pressure falling again at 1006 mB
> and relative humidity registering as 80%. WW reckons it is 9.4ºC,
> 1006.1 mB and 87% in Sheffield. Forecast is for cloudy all day with a
> 20% chance of any wet stuff and temperature to rise slowly to 10.6ºC
> (51.1ºF) by tea time.

Morning FN (I won't say good),

> Have a good day one and all.
> Calamitous start her though. Nettie is refusing to boot up and all I'm
> getting is the following error message. White text on black background.
>
> 'Intel UNDI. PXE-2.1 (build 082)
> Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
>
> For Realtek RTL8101E/8102E PCI-E Ethernet Controller v1.06 (080222)
> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
> PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM
>
> Boot Failure
> Press any key to continue.'
>
> Haven't a clue what it's trying to tell me but there isn't any cable to
> check and pressing any key has no effect whatsoever. All I seem to be
> able to do is switch off power using the on/off button and run set up or
> Boot menu using the Del or F11 keys. But nothing I do in those has any
> effect. Has anyone any suggestions as to what I can try next? Nettie
> is an Advent 4211C Netbook and has no DVD/CD or floppy drive. I have
> been religiously creating weekly backups on an external Toshiba drive
> (500GB) using Macrium, but that seems all a waste of time if the damn
> m/c won't boot up at all. I feel like my right arm has been
> amputated.. :( .

I have just done a search with those details and it isn't looking good so
far, I have found this on the Toshiba forums,
<quote>

Re: message "PXE-E61: Media test, failure, check cable, PXE-M0F: Exiting
PXE ROM"
Options

‎07-31-2010 02:08 PM

Luis, those PXE message during boot mean that the BIOS cannot locate a
network to boot from.

Since the network boot is normally the lowest priority, that almost always
indicates an inability to boot from the hard drive, usually because it has
died.
</quote>

--
Regards, Frogman.
You tried and you failed, so the lesson is, never to try.

wtwjgc

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May 18, 2013, 6:18:01 AM5/18/13
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Just found this about Advent 4211C
<quote>
Running System Recovery from outside of Windows

When the PC starts you will see a menu for two seconds. Press the UP or
DOWN arrow and this will pause the menu and allow you to choose an option.
Highlight The TechGuys Recovery and press the Enter key.
This will load into the recovery program.
Select Reinstall Windows by clicking on the circle to the left.
Click the right arrow.
Put a tick in the box next to Start Full Destructive Recovery.
Click the right arrow to start Recovery.
When Recovery has completed, click the right arrow to restart the system.
Your computer will then return you to its initial out-of-box experience.
<end quote>

--
wtwjgc (Joe) <http://welcometowakefield.org.uk/>

wtwjgc

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May 18, 2013, 6:19:50 AM5/18/13
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Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 7:34:57 AM5/18/13
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Bernadette1508 wrote:

> Good morning Bri, good morning all.
> A dull start here too with a wet day forecast although the rain hasn't
> arrived yet. The temperature is 13.4C (56.1F) so is still mild, RH is
> 83% and pressure 1016 millibars.
>
> Off out in a short while s will catch up later.
>
> Have a good day everybody. :-)
>
Good afternoon Bernadette, I hope by now that you've just about caught up
and are preparing for an easier afternoon / evening.
--
Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk

Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 7:34:57 AM5/18/13
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Frogman wrote:

> Good morning Bri,
> A thoroughly wet and overcast start here at,
> 47.3�F (8.5�C) with a 1.4 mph wind, a pressure of 995.8 mb (local) 1001.8
> mb (sea level) and a humidity of 96%
>
> So far we have had over half an inch of rain (13.4 mm) and it's still
> coming down.
>
Good afternoon Froggie, we still haven't had any rain since last night,
despite the forecast. It's very overcast though and could rain anytime.

> On Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:49 +0100, Bri. croaked:
>> We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
>> and enjoy the weekend.
>
> Have a great meal and enjoy the weekend.
>
Thank you, It's Hobgoblin at tonight's venue, shall I get you one in? :)
--
Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk

Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 7:34:58 AM5/18/13
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Jackie wrote:

> Good morning Bri and all. A very cloudy morning so far at 9�C(48�F) with a 5
> mph W wind.
> We seem to have had this temp. for a few days now. Forecast cloudy with some
> sunshine.
>
> Off to the hairdressers this morning, going to take longer today as getting
> it done ready for my holiday.
>

Good afternoon Jackie, it's getting close to your holidays now, I hope
you're well pleased with your holiday hair do.

> Have a lovely time at your meal out later.
>
Thank you, these family meals usually go down very well. It's early
evening so it shouldn't interfere with the children's bed time.
Have a good one yourself.
--
Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk

Flyi�g �u� 2�13 + on desktop

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May 18, 2013, 7:43:15 AM5/18/13
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wtwjgc (Joe) wrote:
> Frogman <uk_fr...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 May 2013 10:17:45 +0100, Flyi�ソスg �ソスu�ソス 2�ソス13 + on desktop
>> croaked:
>>
>>> Mornin' from a dry, mild, overcast and dull South Yorkshire. No
>>> BYT or any blue as yet and not looking too promising. Air
>>> temperature out there is 9.0�ソスC (48.2�ソスF), barometric pressure
>>> falling again at 1006 mB and relative humidity registering as 80%.
>>> WW reckons it is 9.4�ソスC, 1006.1 mB and 87% in Sheffield. Forecast
>>> is for cloudy all day with a 20% chance of any wet stuff and
>>> temperature to rise slowly to 10.6�ソスC (51.1�ソスF) by tea time.
>> ?07-31-2010 02:08 PM
>>
>> Luis, those PXE message during boot mean that the BIOS cannot locate
>> a network to boot from.
>>
>> Since the network boot is normally the lowest priority, that almost
>> always indicates an inability to boot from the hard drive, usually
>> because it has died.
>> </quote>
>
> Just found this about Advent 4211C
> <quote>
> Running System Recovery from outside of Windows
>
> When the PC starts you will see a menu for two seconds. Press the UP
> or DOWN arrow and this will pause the menu and allow you to choose an
> option. Highlight The TechGuys Recovery and press the Enter key.
> This will load into the recovery program.
> Select Reinstall Windows by clicking on the circle to the left.
> Click the right arrow.
> Put a tick in the box next to Start Full Destructive Recovery.
> Click the right arrow to start Recovery.
> When Recovery has completed, click the right arrow to restart the
> system. Your computer will then return you to its initial out-of-box
> experience. <end quote>
>
I'm afraid I know all about that Joe and did use it successfully some
considerable time (I'm talking a few years) ago. Unfortunately that
menu just isn't appearing this time. All you get is a flashing hyphen
at the top LH corner of the screen. After a few minutes the error
message I described above appears, so I don't get the option to select
the TechGuys recovery facility. I earlier made a Macrium recovery file
on a usb hard drive, but when I run boot options and select boot from
usb hard drive all I get after a few minutes is the brief message '
Missing operating system' :(

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 7:44:53 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 12:34:57 +0100, Bri. croaked:

> Good afternoon Froggie, we still haven't had any rain since last night,
> despite the forecast. It's very overcast though and could rain anytime.
>

It stopped about an hour ago here and seems to be getting a little brighter
:-)

>> On Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:49 +0100, Bri. croaked:
>>> We're off for an early evening dinner with the gang later, have a good day
>>> and enjoy the weekend.
>>
>> Have a great meal and enjoy the weekend.
>>
> Thank you, It's Hobgoblin at tonight's venue, shall I get you one in? :)

Yes please, enjoy...............
--
Regards, Frogman.
I am nobody... nobody is perfect... I must be perfect then.

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 7:48:33 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 12:43:15 +0100, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°13 + on desktop croaked:

> I'm afraid I know all about that Joe and did use it successfully some
> considerable time (I'm talking a few years) ago. Unfortunately that
> menu just isn't appearing this time. All you get is a flashing hyphen
> at the top LH corner of the screen. After a few minutes the error
> message I described above appears, so I don't get the option to select
> the TechGuys recovery facility. I earlier made a Macrium recovery file
> on a usb hard drive, but when I run boot options and select boot from
> usb hard drive all I get after a few minutes is the brief message '
> Missing operating system' :(

Unfortunately it does sound as though the hard drive has indeed died :-(
--
Regards, Frogman.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked
something.

Bernadette1508

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May 18, 2013, 8:34:17 AM5/18/13
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On 18/05/2013 09:32, Frogman wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 09:10:09 +0100, Bernadette1508 croaked:
>
>> Good morning Bri, good morning all.
>
> Good morning Bernadette,
>
>> A dull start here too with a wet day forecast although the rain hasn't
>> arrived yet. The temperature is 13.4C (56.1F) so is still mild, RH is
>> 83% and pressure 1016 millibars.
>>
>
> It's quite miserable here but according to the met office we are to get
> some respite from the rain around 13:00 for a couple of hours.
>
>> Off out in a short while s will catch up later.
>>
>
> I hope you achieve all you want to.
>
>> Have a good day everybody. :-)
>
> Thank you, you too and have a great weekend.
>
Good afternoon Froggie, the rain arrived just before lunch and it looks
set in for the day. Seems like we'll be having ball games in the house
today!

I did achieve all I set out to do, thanks. :-)

I hope you have a lovely weekend too despite the weather.

--
Bernadette

Bernadette1508

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May 18, 2013, 8:36:08 AM5/18/13
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Good afternoon Bri.
Just a few bits to catch up on in the house now thanks, it should be a
reasonably quiet day then.

I hope you and the family all enjoy your meal out later. :-)

--
Bernadette

Frogman

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May 18, 2013, 8:42:33 AM5/18/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:17 +0100, Bernadette1508 croaked:

> Good afternoon Froggie, the rain arrived just before lunch and it looks
> set in for the day. Seems like we'll be having ball games in the house
> today!
>

We have already got wet once ;-)

> I did achieve all I set out to do, thanks. :-)
>

Great :-)

> I hope you have a lovely weekend too despite the weather.

Thanks, it's stopped raining now and is quite bright, how long for
though.............

--
Regards, Frogman.
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.

wtwjgc

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May 18, 2013, 10:21:50 AM5/18/13
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Frogman <uk_fr...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2013 12:43:15 +0100, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°13 + on desktop croaked:
>
>> I'm afraid I know all about that Joe and did use it successfully some
>> considerable time (I'm talking a few years) ago. Unfortunately that
>> menu just isn't appearing this time. All you get is a flashing hyphen
>> at the top LH corner of the screen. After a few minutes the error
>> message I described above appears, so I don't get the option to select
>> the TechGuys recovery facility. I earlier made a Macrium recovery file
>> on a usb hard drive, but when I run boot options and select boot from
>> usb hard drive all I get after a few minutes is the brief message '
>> Missing operating system' :(
>
> Unfortunately it does sound as though the hard drive has indeed died :-(

I agree. :(

Jackie

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May 18, 2013, 12:01:31 PM5/18/13
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"Bri." <Br...@Derby.invalid> wrote in message
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Good afternoon Bri - All glamed up now - just got to concentrate on getting
things ready for my forthcoming holiday. One daughter arriving then other
daughter and grandson arriving on different dates getting it all organised.
Youngest daughter and grandson will be cat sitting for me. Fortunately it is
a half-term holiday from grandsons school so this will be a holiday for
them.

It has been a fairly nice day today just light cloud with little wind, no
wet stuff.

Enjoy your family evening.
--
Jackie
o0o0o


Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 3:11:02 PM5/18/13
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Jackie wrote:

> Good afternoon Bri - All glamed up now - just got to concentrate on getting
> things ready for my forthcoming holiday. One daughter arriving then other
> daughter and grandson arriving on different dates getting it all organised.
> Youngest daughter and grandson will be cat sitting for me. Fortunately it is
> a half-term holiday from grandsons school so this will be a holiday for
> them.
>

Good evening Jackie, it seems as though you have the dates sorted and
everything is coming together nicely. It should be a nice change of
environment for all concerned and a great school holiday for grandson.

> It has been a fairly nice day today just light cloud with little wind, no
> wet stuff.
>
It's turned into a lovely evening here too, Jackie, quite warm in the
sunshine and making good preparations for tomorrow.

> Enjoy your family evening.
>
Thanks Jackie, all over now, thoroughly enjoyable evening though and I hope
yours has been similar.
--
Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk

Bri.

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May 18, 2013, 3:13:09 PM5/18/13
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Bernadette1508 wrote:

> Good afternoon Bri.
> Just a few bits to catch up on in the house now thanks, it should be a
> reasonably quiet day then.
>
> I hope you and the family all enjoy your meal out later. :-)
>
Good evening Bernadette, we did, thank you and I hope you have an enjoyable
evening ahead.
--
Bri.
www.brimarg.co.uk
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