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Re: [OM] Boot failure advice?

Subject: Re: [OM] Boot failure advice?
From: Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:22:31 -0700
Also, here are a lot of comments on the same basic issue via Spiceworks. I
can personally vouch for Spiceworks being an OK site, I used it for years
at work.

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/456084-asus-x551ca-boot-issue

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Quick Boot==Fast Boot
>
> F2 is normal BIOS configuration access. However, many Asus machines have
> boot selection using one of the three F-keys I mentioned (or if my memory
> is totally faulty today, which is entirely possible, yet a different
> F-key). Pressing the proper one brings up a brief text-menu that allows one
> to select which boot device to use for that particular boot-time.
>
> Also, this page at superuser.com has some clues that may provide
> additional help.
>
> http://superuser.com/questions/692821/how-to-boot-from-usb-on-asus-x551ca
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This ASUS X551CA machine wants F2 to access the BIOS.  Already been there
>> and told it to use the Microsoft Boot Manager which allowed me to select
>> boot from USB... which it tried to do and failed.  Had I not done that it
>> would have simply booted from the existing hard drive which works fine.
>>
>> I knew about F2 after downloading the user's manual from ASUS and reading
>> the BIOS section.  But you mentioned "quick boot" which I think it what
>> this manual calls "Fast Boot" under Boot Configuration along with another
>> choice called "Launch CSM".  Fast Boot is enabled by default and Launch CSM
>> is disabled by default.  The BIOS portion of the user's manual shows these
>> items as part of the BIOS configuration but never mentions or defines
>> them.  I've never heard of them and have no idea what they're supposed to
>> do.
>>
>> Perhaps I should play a little more.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/13/2015 4:44 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>>
>>> What the Moose sayeth. And also: My Asus desktop machine has a "boot
>>> selector" option that appears early in the boot process. I believe it's
>>> either by pressing F9, F11 or F12 that one can interrupt the boot process
>>> and then select an alternate boot location. If possible, get into the
>>> BIOS
>>> and deselect the option for quick boot, in order to see all boot messages
>>> appear on the screen, at which point you should see a choice for
>>> selective
>>> boot.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>  On 4/13/2015 9:43 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Ummm, I hesitate to teach Dr DOS about eggs, but could it be the BIOS
>>>>> needs
>>>>> attention to permit booting from a USB device?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> And ... The BIOS on my desktop allows control of which devices are
>>>> allowed
>>>> for boot, and in which order.
>>>>
>>>>   -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>>> From: olympus
>>>>> [mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>> Sent: 13 April 2015 16:55
>>>>> To: Olympus mail list
>>>>> Subject: [OM] Boot failure advice?
>>>>>
>>>>> A friends computer wont boot.  ...
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea why the drive can be read from and written to by Reflect
>>>>> but the end product is not bootable.  I have some other cloning
>>>>> software
>>>>> where marking the drive as bootable or changing the drive ID on the
>>>>> clone are options.  But the free version of Reflect has no such options
>>>>> and, of course, works on my own computer just fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone got a suggestion as to where to look?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> As above, look to the BIOS. I have used Reflect Free on both desktop and
>>>> laptop. But never attempted to boot from the clone via USB. If you want
>>>> to
>>>> see where the problem lies, put the clone in the computer. If it boots,
>>>> the
>>>> problem in somewhere in USB, BIOS, computer implementation of USB,
>>>> cable,
>>>> USB implementation in the toaster/case. Basic problem isolation.
>>>>
>>>> U Should Be able to figure it out.
>>>>
>>>> Acronymic Moose
>>>>
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