Recent content by Caveman.42

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    Solved! Desktop Boot Issue

    I got a recovery disk but the PC wont boot to it, I've discovered that a few random keys do work in the BIOS like esc and enter, but I cant navigate or anything. This is a cheapo USB wired keyboard from walmart, is there another kind of keyboard that may work?
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    Solved! Desktop Boot Issue

    i double checked my connections to the hard drive just to make sure nothing was loose, didn't help any so next step is finding my old boot disk i guess? It's strange to me yeah I can F1 into the bios at startup but after that I have no response or interaction from the keyboard at all.
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    Solved! Desktop Boot Issue

    I have a Lenovo Thinkstation S30 running Windows 7, it will only boot to what looks like a command screen, black but lit well and blinking white dash in upper left. No response from keyboard or mouse here, tried a few things to get a response like ctrl+alt+del and ctrl+shift+esc. Pressing enter...