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| Started by | mike <spamme9@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2011-05-31 20:49 -0700 |
| Last post | 2011-06-01 09:30 -0700 |
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Dell Inspiron 2600 display compatibility problem. mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 20:49 -0700
Re: Dell Inspiron 2600 display compatibility problem. Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 11:32 +0100
Re: Dell Inspiron 2600 display compatibility problem. mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-06-01 09:30 -0700
| From | mike <spamme9@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-05-31 20:49 -0700 |
| Subject | Dell Inspiron 2600 display compatibility problem. |
| Message-ID | <is4csp$qv7$1@dont-email.me> |
I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop. The display seems to be "incompatible" When you try install XP, it ends up in 4-color vga mode. The hardware seems to be incompatible with existing software. Yes, you can install the windows drivers from the DELL website to fix windows, but what about stuff that isn't windows? Been a while, but I remember giving up on a linux installation. IN particular, I'm trying to run the Acronis rescue disk to restore a backup. Acronis works fine from windows to backup, but I need to boot the rescue disk to restore it. The display is unusable and I can't figger out how to make it work well enough to get the restore done. Yes, I can reinstall windows, reinstall acronis, and do the restore from inside windows. I'd rather not do that. Suggestions? Thanks, mike
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| From | Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-06-01 11:32 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <94mip7Fe0dU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #234 |
On 01/06/2011 04:49, mike wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop. > The display seems to be "incompatible" > When you try install XP, it ends up in > 4-color vga mode. The hardware seems > to be incompatible with existing software. > > Yes, you can install the windows drivers > from the DELL website to fix windows, > but what about stuff that isn't windows? > > Been a while, but I remember giving up > on a linux installation. > > IN particular, I'm trying to run the Acronis > rescue disk to restore a backup. Acronis works > fine from windows to backup, but I need to boot > the rescue disk to restore it. > The display is unusable and I can't figger > out how to make it work well enough to get > the restore done. > > Yes, I can reinstall windows, reinstall acronis, > and do the restore from inside windows. I'd rather > not do that. > > Suggestions? > Thanks, mike What happens if you plug in an external monitor? -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked.
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| From | mike <spamme9@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2011-06-01 09:30 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <is5pfr$tpm$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #235 |
Roger Mills wrote: > On 01/06/2011 04:49, mike wrote: >> I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop. >> The display seems to be "incompatible" >> When you try install XP, it ends up in >> 4-color vga mode. The hardware seems >> to be incompatible with existing software. >> >> Yes, you can install the windows drivers >> from the DELL website to fix windows, >> but what about stuff that isn't windows? >> >> Been a while, but I remember giving up >> on a linux installation. >> >> IN particular, I'm trying to run the Acronis >> rescue disk to restore a backup. Acronis works >> fine from windows to backup, but I need to boot >> the rescue disk to restore it. >> The display is unusable and I can't figger >> out how to make it work well enough to get >> the restore done. >> >> Yes, I can reinstall windows, reinstall acronis, >> and do the restore from inside windows. I'd rather >> not do that. >> >> Suggestions? >> Thanks, mike > > What happens if you plug in an external monitor? Display looks fine initially, Acronis rescue disk loads, but reboots when I try to navigate to the backup destination directory.
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