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I would. If I could get into the bios to tell it to boot from it...but the HDD has a valid boot partition, so the UEFI is auto booting Win 8 rather than looking at the DVD drive.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Taking the HDD out got me into the BIOS. Yay!
Swap a few devices in the boot list...and off we go!
Or rather we would, but it doesn't recognise the DVD as bootable 
I'm getting a bad feeling here... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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There is a way to force the BIOS' attention; it seems it's something like holding down ctrl+F12 (or ctrl+F2?) during power-up.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Follow these steps -
1) Close lid of laptop
2) Keep it on table
3) Walk to door
4) Get your coat
5) Open door and step out
You will notice a whole new world and your laptop problems will be solved.
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OriginalGriff wrote: A lappie (not mine) running windows 8.1 - it won't boot.
It should have a recovery partition.
I had a job late Friday afternoon where a Windows 8.1 laptop was shitting itself over the BCD being corrupted or missing. Couldn't boot off any of my USB's, even the Windows 8.1 installation USB's. So eventually I Googled for the Recovery Partition function key (Asus?) and found that holding down F8 when turning it on bought me to Recovery.
I ran bootrec /rebuildbcd after renaming the exising C:\Boot\BCD only to find that it wouldn't recognise and load the existing Windows installation.
I eventually ran out of ideas and ran mountvol e: /s and copied the BCD from E:\Microsft\Boot to C:\Boot and then all was good.
Windows 8/8.1 sucks large donkey penises and Billy Boy and Stevey Knobgobbler really f***ed up here making it so hard to fix anything to do with 8.1. I hate it when anyone tries to book a job with 8.x no matter what it is.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: Windows 8/8.1 sucks large donkey penises and Billy Boy and Stevey Knobgobbler really f***ed up here making it so hard to fix anything to do with 8.1
Preaching to the Choir, my friend. Preaching to the MothaElephanting Choir...
Gawd, but I hope 10 is better... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have unilaterally hated everything they have done post XP.
Take the networking on Windows 7. What an utter f***ing disaster. An absoloute joke.
It is quicker to log into Hotmail than it is to see a share on a computer right beside it. That's IF it even gets that far. Usual it just says it cant.
Absoloute sh*t, 100% utter unusable crap.
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I dunno - I prefer 7 to XP, it doesn't give me any problems connecting to other devices at all.
And when I have to go back to XP (on Herself's computer) I do tend to swear at that for not doing what I want!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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If your bios lets you boot to USB, you can make a bootable USB with 'Rufus[^]'.
You will need a bootable DVD or a bootable ISO image of the Windows install for Rufus to make the bootable USB with.
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FearOf.net[^]
A list of ALL SOME known phobias. Quite cool.
There are some VERY weird ones out there...
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
modified 20-Jun-15 2:25am.
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I see. Not too ultimate, eh?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I am sure they did, considering the big list is a Top 100.
The website is clearly a front end marketing site for the book........ 
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No big deal:
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Or in other words: Don't panic 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: Or in other words: Don't panic
Just make sure you know where your towel is.
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I do because I'm about to go under the shower.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Where is the Kwitzat Haderach when we need him?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Ok, you got me. When I saw the link, I thought it was about people that fear .NET 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Mickeysoft's ideas are something we all should fear
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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What about these:
Code-o-phobia: Fear of code, especially large code bases (by a beginner).
Tester-o-phobia: Developer fearing about a tester finding his bug.
Developer-o-phobia: Tester fearing about getting beaten up by a developer, after finding a bug.
UML-o-phobia,
Design-pattern-o-phobia,
Legacy-o-phobia,
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Of course, I could be wrong - I got Chris' b'day wrong for some reason, but my calendar is popping up my first online good buddy as having a natal day today. Accurate or not, I'm wishing him a great day. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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