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<DIV>Barry</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks but I am sure the keyboard is OK. Its working everywhere
else. I am quick off the mark as there is little time to act when the
enter screen shows. I have had some success today. I disconnected
the Linux drive and managed to access the Windows drive and also get into
the BIOS. so there does no seem to be any malfunction there as it operates
normally so I made a quick backup with Acronis. I have not reconnected the Linux
drive at this point in case someone has an answer. I did change the mouse
though because at first it was not entering my password but after a reboot it
was OK except when I tried to enter Acronis where it was only giving a
vertical line movement. Strange one but the other mouse did the trick</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again</DIV>
<DIV>Alan</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=durham@mailman.lug.org.uk
href="mailto:durham@mailman.lug.org.uk">Barry Titterton via Durham</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=durham@mailman.lug.org.uk
href="mailto:durham@mailman.lug.org.uk">durham@mailman.lug.org.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 04, 2017 3:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Durham] MINT &
BIOS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 04/12/17 11:19, A Pearson via Durham wrote:<BR>> Hello
all<BR>> <BR>> My question is can mint lock the BIOS in a dual boot
situation?<BR>> I set up a new desktop computer some while ago with Windows
7 on one<BR>> hard drive and Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon on a separate hard
drive. Each<BR>> was installed with only one drive connected at the time of
installation.<BR>> I would go into the BIOS and select boot priority
depending on which OS<BR>> I wanted to run.<BR>> <BR>> I did this to
avoid using a boot loader such as GRUB as I had been<BR>> caught before and
found when I uninstalled Linux due to the boot loader<BR>> I could no
longer run Windows. That was many years ago. This system has<BR>> been
operating successfully for many months but I now find I cannot<BR>> access
Windows as the normal Del key is not bringing up the BIOS<BR>> screen, it
just boots to Mint. I have operated other computers like<BR>> this in the
past but offline.<BR>> <BR>> The only difference is that I ran updates
on the MINT whereas I had not<BR>> done this previously. I cannot confirm
if I got into Windows since then<BR>> or not. No other changes have been
made to MINT system.<BR>> <BR>> Why am I bothering with Windows you ask?
I aim to phase out XP on my<BR>> existing main desktop as software support
diminishes and replace this<BR>> with Win7 on this later desktop which will
become the new main one. This<BR>> will become the prime one whilst I learn
the Linux system and assess my<BR>> existing software requirements in
relation to stored data.<BR>> This latter one is currently the dual boot.
If there is no way round<BR>> this I may have to accept the boot loader or
keep it just for Windows<BR>> and run Linux on the recently received
laptop. I am about to try to<BR>> access the Windows disk to see if I can
get in with the Linux disc<BR>> disconnected but not hopeful<BR>> Has
anyone got any ideas please on this one or come across it before? <BR>> All
I can assume its maybe to do with the Mint updates when both drives<BR>>
were in circuit. If there is no other way round this if I update to<BR>>
Mint 18 will this install the GRUB boot loader as I wish the Windows<BR>>
disc to remain in an operable state?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks &
Regards<BR>> Alan Pearson<BR>> <BR><BR>Hi Alan,<BR><BR>Have you tried
the obvious and tried a different keyboard? It may be the<BR>DEL key itself
that is at fault.<BR><BR>Barry T<BR><BR>-- <BR>Durham mailing list
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