startup

[blarney8]

My wife's computer beeps twice and won't boot up. If I were to make a
MS-Dos startup disk how would I get into windows to create a restore
point. Will this work or do I have to try something else?
THank you.

 

[R. McCarty]

BIOS beep codes are mostly standardized. A MS-DOS Boot floppy
won't help your situation since the computer isn't Post'ing ( Power On
Self Test ) and handing off control to the installed Operating System.
You've likely got a hardware failure of either the motherboard or the
Video card. This is a situation where you will need to have the system
analyzed by a technician.

 

[Lem]

My wife's computer beeps twice and won't boot up. If I were to make a
MS-Dos startup disk how would I get into windows to create a restore
point. Will this work or do I have to try something else?
THank you.

Beeps from the computer's speaker as it is booting up are from the
"Power On Self Test" (POST) routine that is part of the BIOS. These
generally indicate hardware problems. The beep codes differ for
different BIOS manufacturers, but 2 beeps probably means an AMI BIOS
reporting a memory parity error. Did you recently add more RAM?
For more info: http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm

And no, if this is your problem, using a generic DOS startup disk won't
help, although you might try going to http://www.memtest.org/ and making
either a boot floppy or a boot CD to test the memory
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso




--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[kim]

Beeps from the computer's speaker as it is booting up are from the "Power
On Self Test" (POST) routine that is part of the BIOS. These generally
indicate hardware problems. The beep codes differ for different BIOS
manufacturers, but 2 beeps probably means an AMI BIOS reporting a memory
parity error. Did you recently add more RAM?
For more info: http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm

And no, if this is your problem, using a generic DOS startup disk won't
help, although you might try going to http://www.memtest.org/ and making
either a boot floppy or a boot CD to test the memory
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso




--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Switch of at the mains but still leave it plugged in so it`s earthed, then
open up the computer case then touch a bare metal part of the chassis to
discharge any static in you.
Now find the RAM sticks and take them out of there slots and reseat them and
do the same with any other installed cards (video adapters ect)
Now power it back up and see if it works. While your`e in there clean out
any dust that`s clogged in the fans and CPU heat sink.
If no joy just try it with one stick of RAM and different slots.
HTH