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Corday

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Oct 15, 2009, 11:51:10 AM10/15/09
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After using an emergency boot disk, is there some way to get from the A:
prompt to the normal Windows startup without shutting down and re-powering?
None of the DOS commands I know work and changing the prompt to another drive
doesn't help.
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Mike M

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Oct 15, 2009, 12:39:45 PM10/15/09
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> After using an emergency boot disk, is there some way to get from the
> A: prompt to the normal Windows startup without shutting down and
> re-powering?

No. What's the problem in re-booting? Why are you using an EBD? Is it
because you need to rename or delete a file that is in use when Win Me is
running?
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Mike

Ian Shef

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Oct 15, 2009, 4:03:28 PM10/15/09
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=?Utf-8?B?Q29yZGF5?= <10Sw...@net.net> wrote in
news:A7A79D6D-241A-4A65...@microsoft.com:

> After using an emergency boot disk, is there some way to get from the A:
> prompt to the normal Windows startup without shutting down and
> re-powering? None of the DOS commands I know work and changing the
> prompt to another drive doesn't help.

Ctrl-Alt-Del should do it.

(This means hold the Ctrl key down, also hold the Alt key down, and while
still holding them down, press the Del key).

NOTE: Depending upon your BIOS setup, you may have to remove the floppy disk
from the drive first.

Corday

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Oct 20, 2009, 3:34:02 PM10/20/09
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Thanks!

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Corday

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Oct 23, 2009, 2:10:01 PM10/23/09
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Mike, I'm sometimes using the EBD because I made the mistake of updating my
BIOS and as a result, startup is sometimes a problem.

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"Mike M" wrote:

> > After using an emergency boot disk, is there some way to get from the
> > A: prompt to the normal Windows startup without shutting down and
> > re-powering?
>
> No. What's the problem in re-booting? Why are you using an EBD? Is it
> because you need to rename or delete a file that is in use when Win Me is
> running?
> --
> Mike
>
>
> Corday <10Sw...@net.net> wrote:
>
> > After using an emergency boot disk, is there some way to get from the
> > A: prompt to the normal Windows startup without shutting down and
> > re-powering? None of the DOS commands I know work and changing the
> > prompt to another drive doesn't help.
>

> .
>

Noel Paton

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Oct 24, 2009, 7:02:56 AM10/24/09
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If it was a problem with the BIOS, I'd expect the machine to fail every
time, or boot every time.
The symptoms you describe are more likely hardware problems than firmware -
check all connections as a first step.


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Noel Paton
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