Often booting from a CD is a BIOS option--bummer for us if turned off initially... Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice >> Windows doesn't have SATA drivers? How quaint? > It does, but you can't boot with a normal cd, least not the ones I have, > if > you buy a laptop from gw, and toshiba for sure. You need to make an image > of > the cd with the extracted driver, which I haven't had the pacients to do. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson at bellsouth.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice > > >> Wrong! I'm using them under XP Home Pro and Vista. >> >> Nick >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:12 AM >> Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice >> >> >>> Windows doesn't have SATA drivers? How quaint? >>> >>> I've also heard their 64-bit support is behind. Is that so? >>> >>> Janina >>> >>> Tyler Littlefield writes: >>>> I've got xp. right now, the only thing stopping me from going totally >>>> with that rather than with this crap they load is the fact that I can't >>>> get sata drivers, and any other xp install doesn't recognize it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tyler Littlefield >>>> http://tysdomain.com >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" >>>> <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> >>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:23 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:53:25AM -0600, John G. Heim wrote: >>>>>> Oh, shoot! One more major drawback. It doesn't work with Vista. Only >>>>>> Windows XP. I'd presume though that you could install XP, install >>>>>> speech, >>>>>> and then upgrade to Vista. That used to work when upgrading from 95 >>>>>> or >>>>>> ME >>>>>> to XP. >>>>> >>>>> The other drawback I see here too is that this requires you to have >>>>> both legal copies of xp, and an upgrade copy of vista. This could be >>>>> quite expensive, assuming you want to go legal of course. Also, this >>>>> is fine, as long as it's still possible to buy a copy of xp. However, >>>>> once those stop being sold, and you don't have one before that >>>>> happens, you're probably out of luck. >>>>> >>>>> Greg >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >>>>> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >>>>> skype: gregn1 >>>>> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >>>>> >>>>> - -- >>>>> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >>>>> >>>>> iEYEARECAAYFAkls+DQACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAFOQCgmjWzbQT7bb//+R1f1nGjxfsp >>>>> Ol0AoMkDD64dgMediv6TC/iCcNkXSuEA >>>>> =HW6i >>>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Speakup mailing list >>>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>>> >>>>> __________ NOD32 3760 (20090112) Information __________ >>>>> >>>>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>>>> http://www.eset.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; >>> sip:janina at CapitalAccessibility.Com >>> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com >>> >>> Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and >>> Canada >>> Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com >>> >>> Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org >>> Linux Foundation http://a11y.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1920 - Release Date: >> 1/27/2009 6:15 PM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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