How to stop or slow boot-up sequence?

[Phil Buchman]

When I turn on my computer, it gives me the typical "DOS like" black
screen with white letters telling me what BIOS it is using. Then it
runs VERY QUICKLY through the dicovery of the DVD ROM, the DVD Writer,
and a warning sentence that says that something isn't connected
anymore.

How do I stop or at least slow-down that sequence so that I can read
that sentence?

Thanks!

 

[Bob I]

Either press the pause key early, and then alternate the Spacebar and
Pause key, or go into then BIOS and "down rate" the CPU speed to a MUCH
lower value. I suggest the former.

 

[nesredep egrob]

When I turn on my computer, it gives me the typical "DOS like" black
screen with white letters telling me what BIOS it is using. Then it
runs VERY QUICKLY through the dicovery of the DVD ROM, the DVD Writer,
and a warning sentence that says that something isn't connected
anymore.

How do I stop or at least slow-down that sequence so that I can read
that sentence?

Thanks!

I wished I knew many times but there is something called the Event Viewer, I
have it as a shortcut on the desktop but you can get it from Settings;Control
Panel; Administrative tools - that should tell you what is wrong.

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

 

[Steve Parry]

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When I turn on my computer, it gives me the typical "DOS like" black
screen with white letters telling me what BIOS it is using. Then it
runs VERY QUICKLY through the dicovery of the DVD ROM, the DVD Writer,
and a warning sentence that says that something isn't connected
anymore.

How do I stop or at least slow-down that sequence so that I can read
that sentence?

Thanks!

Check in the BIOS if the message is being reported from there, as opposed to
the OS, then there should be an option to "pause on error" that can be
selected.