"Pete Baker" said in news:
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Not all answers were that 'vague' Vanguard
Okay, so my statement should've been "Ask vague questions, get lots
vague, inappropriate, or irrelevant answers and, if you're lucky, one
that actually directly touches upon your problem." And should have been
followed with, "More details, please."
Even a highly detailed reply is vague if it has no idea against what
software or hardware it applies, like tossing darts overboard at an
unseen target somewhere underwater and not knowing if you're even in the
general vacinity of the target. Knowing the actual hardware - brand,
model, motherboard, etc. - allows for a much narrower range of
guesswork. The poster may only know their brand and model of computer
but, at least, that's something better than nothing.
Most of us guessed at the "F6 at startup" solution while some also
mentioned the possibility that BIOS was not correctly configured. Of
course, none of us thought about asking if the hard drive ever got
hooked up to the SATA port as we assumed that was done and that the
data/control cable was good, and the same for the power cable, and that
the SATA drive actually started spinning. Of the responses that were
there when I read the thread, all were equivalent guesses to mine, and I
consider mine vague, so I consider all the responses just a vague
because they really don't have enough info to know what hardware they
are trying to target. Maybe this, maybe that, could be something else.
More details are needed. Otherwise, generic or generalized help (i.e.,
vague) is all that can be proffered.
To Matt:
You should be able to look at your computer to tell us the brand and
model. If it is custom built or a clone, the freebie AIDA32 utility
will provide some of that information, or you might tell from the
purchase order showing the various parts that went into the custom box
(or you could call the jobber that built the custom box). AIDA32 can
even come in handy on name-brand boxes since many, like Dell, merely
sell based on a features list rather than on a fixed set of components,
so you don't really know what's inside the box.
Anyone know of other or better utilities, preferrably free, to suggest
to posters on how to obtain specific and useful information about their
system (so they can then tell us volunteers)?
