is the mini still running? and does the cd show then?
it can be the cd, or cable is bad
speedtofly
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The mini is runing
The cd is showing
The problem is I don't see how to boot from cd.
Or should I start the disc, to install windows 7 when the mini is fully started?
profgeek
I have the earlier mini, but mine gets you into setup by pressing "2". Once there, make sure the boot sequence has USB and/or CD/DVD before your hard drive.
On yours, are you saying that you can't get into setup? Setup is where you'll need to make the boot order switch. Whatever key it says to press for "setup" at the initial boot screen is what you need to press. Keep in mind that you only have a few seconds to press it. By the time you read which key to press, the opportunity will have passed. Make note of it and reboot, pressing the requisite key immediately upon reboot.
if I do F2 it goes in set up
if I do F12 it goes to boot
in boot menu :
*hard Drive
CD\DVD\BD-ROM
Removable Devices
Diagnostic
But none of those start boot from the External dvd
(When the computer is running I see the external dvd in "my computer" with windows 7in it so the cable is working )
nobus
do you see the external drive in the set up menu? or in boot priority?
speedtofly
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I see only the options see above in boot menu , I tried each of them but it doesn't start the external drive
it only gives me the option to go in safe mode
I got mine to work by putting removable devices first, then I put CD/DVD/BD-ROM, then hard drive after that. But if you've tried that already, I'm not sure what's going on. Did you ever see the "press any key to boot ... " message? It doesn't last very long on this system (about 3-5 seconds is all ... easy to miss).
speedtofly
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I didn' see the message
speedtofly
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When I choose external device I I have :
Safe mode
Safe mode with networking
Safe mode with command prompt
I finally try another cable (like you suggested above)
Witch is strange since I was using cable # 1 since a while without problems and it still working when I use the external drive to burn data etc..
Deleted c and retry on D , it worked this time
I still have 177 GB out of the 218GB so it still looks like there is some missing here.
For the wireless part I upload all drivers from Dell, it still wasn't working.
Then I upload all windows updates ( I think it was l like 269 updates) and now wireless is working fine