hey Brink,
upon returning to the issue, I was able to follow the linked UEFI procedure through step 6. At that point, I opted for restore point as planned. The system came back with "no restore points are on this computer", so when I closed that out, I opted for "Use another OS on this sytem with the two choices being win8Pro and Win8Pro w/safe mode networking. Once it booted up...no mouse or keyboard.
I shut her down and booted back to the troubleshooting screen via the install disk. It takes an hour and 12 minutes to get back there on each reboot via the dvd install disk!
Anyway, how should I proceed? I will have to wait until tomorrow morning as that desk area is occupied for the remainder of the evening on another project. I will look for your reply around 0900 est to attempt your recommendation. I will be online here for discussion for awhile this evening...just can't implement any suggestions until tomorrow.
Thanks again for your expertise/assistance.
upon returning to the issue, I was able to follow the linked UEFI procedure through step 6. At that point, I opted for restore point as planned. The system came back with "no restore points are on this computer", so when I closed that out, I opted for "Use another OS on this sytem with the two choices being win8Pro and Win8Pro w/safe mode networking. Once it booted up...no mouse or keyboard.
I shut her down and booted back to the troubleshooting screen via the install disk. It takes an hour and 12 minutes to get back there on each reboot via the dvd install disk!
Anyway, how should I proceed? I will have to wait until tomorrow morning as that desk area is occupied for the remainder of the evening on another project. I will look for your reply around 0900 est to attempt your recommendation. I will be online here for discussion for awhile this evening...just can't implement any suggestions until tomorrow.
Thanks again for your expertise/assistance.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- win8 hopefully
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- dell studio XPS 7100
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II ii X6 1035T; 2600MHz
- Memory
- 6144MB; 1333MHz; DDR3
- Hard Drives
- (2) - both Seagate;
New blank drive installed n PO-WDC WD1003FZEX-00MKZA0
DVD drive: P1-HL-DT-ST DVD +/-RW GH5
Back up drive on P2-ST31000528AS
- Browser
- ie8
- Antivirus
- macafee
- Other Info
- have replaced the memory board battery; loaded memory defaults and saved; install of win 8 Pro is painfully slow...WAY too slow. Takes over 10 min just to load splash screen.