Newbie stress call.
I've got my girlfriends PC literally in bits. Tried to install MDK9.2 but it just does not want to know. I have tried at least half a dozen installs. Previous posting (Newbie forum) suggests that it may be related to Graph/Vid card?
I wanted to swap the card - but there aint one in a slot, so assuming that its built into the board - ging into BIOS does not suggest there is a free standing one either. Followed suggestions in responses butr nothing works.
Anyway, me and a mate took out a couple of components (ethernet card etc) hoping also that it might be a conflict somewhere else. Nuthin. MDK does not want to know. It installs, but will not reboot to allow access to the desktop environment. Bobbins.
Anyway, I'm gonna put her PC back together again tonite, and give it one more whirl. If this fails *again* then I'll need to reinstall Win98
trouble is I don't know how, because i totally wiped Win in favour of mdk - anybody got Step by step procedures to get back to Win if needed?
On a more +ve note, an old door stop machine was installed with the MDK9.2 (so I know my box disks are fine - though it took hours to install and changing settings takes an absolute age!) - I initially had some problems with not being able to read fonts after the first boot up (they were the size of pin heads). The secret was that the machine was so old, I needed an adaptor to fit a keyboard with a PS2 fitting. I mixed up the keyboard and mouse fittings and only discovered this by chance. Now I have a delightful desktop environment - the aim is to *eventually* and hopefully use this to network 2 home PCs.
I'll be attempting to install the drake on my own machine tonite - but I've a dusty ol' 1Gb HDD to test out the install - if it fails, then I'll put dirty windoz HDD back in - if it works, windoz gets the boot, though I cant imagine both mine and girlfriends computa guts on the table with only a doorstop to practice on!