bypassing dell bios click through license

[myob]

You will need a bootable CD-ROM or the USB floppy drive and a bootable
floppy diskette.

Insert the bootable media and power up the machine.

You will be given a couple of seconds to press the <F12> key to do a
one time
boot device change. This happens before the click through license is
displayed.

Select the CD-ROM drive or USB floppy drive and boot without accepting
the
click through license.

At this point you should burn the image of the hard disk onto another
device
so you can restore it if you have any problems in the future.

Apparently Dell laptops are so poorly built that installing a new OS
voids the
warranty.

Have a nice day, and next time you need a laptop, do not buy a Dell.
I would not have if my employer had not paid for it.

[Alan Connor]

On 14 Sep 2003 11:51:51 -0700, myob <qp123@email.com> wrote:

>
>
> You will need a bootable CD-ROM or the USB floppy drive and a bootable
> floppy diskette.
>
> Insert the bootable media and power up the machine.
>
> You will be given a couple of seconds to press the <F12> key to do a
> one time
> boot device change. This happens before the click through license is
> displayed.
>
> Select the CD-ROM drive or USB floppy drive and boot without accepting
> the
> click through license.
>
> At this point you should burn the image of the hard disk onto another
> device
> so you can restore it if you have any problems in the future.
>
> Apparently Dell laptops are so poorly built that installing a new OS
> voids the
> warranty.
>

Bet you that's M$ gangsterism instead of poor workmanship you are dealing
with.

Gateway won't sell a blank computer: It come's with M$ or you don't get
it.

> Have a nice day, and next time you need a laptop, do not buy a Dell.
> I would not have if my employer had not paid for it.

Good of you to post this for now and the Archives.

AC


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[Charles Sullivan]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:51:51 -0700, myob wrote:

> You will need a bootable CD-ROM or the USB floppy drive and a bootable
> floppy diskette.
>
> Insert the bootable media and power up the machine.
>
> You will be given a couple of seconds to press the <F12> key to do a one
> time
> boot device change. This happens before the click through license is
> displayed.
>
> Select the CD-ROM drive or USB floppy drive and boot without accepting the
> click through license.
>
> At this point you should burn the image of the hard disk onto another
> device
> so you can restore it if you have any problems in the future.
>
> Apparently Dell laptops are so poorly built that installing a new OS voids
> the
> warranty.
>
> Have a nice day, and next time you need a laptop, do not buy a Dell. I
> would not have if my employer had not paid for it.

Will you expand a little on the ramifications if you DO accept the click
through license. Can you no longer boot from anything BUT the hard drive?