The advantage to following this process and creating bootable media is that it allows you to install Windows 7 without having to first run an existing operating system on your machine. When you're ready to install Windows 7, insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive, and then run Setup.exe from the root folder on the drive. NOTE: When you download the ISO file, you must copy the file onto a USB flash drive or a DVD to install Windows 7. Are there any function commands other than F2 and F12 I could try to get the Duo into safe-boot mode?
doesn't actually take me into any kind of safe-boot mode.Īny suggestions as to how to fix this? The Duo doesn't have a DVD/CD player, so I can't "boot from disk" (unless you can boot from a USB flash drive). However, F2 just brings up the same "Automatic Repair" cycle and F12 just locks the computer at the boot up screen, i.e. In particular, when I power on, I get a black screen with the new Windows 8 logo for about 10 minutes, then an "Automatic Repair" error message for another 10 or so and finally an "Automatic Repair Failed" message, with a number of choices (shut down computer, "troubleshoot", "refresh"), none of which do anything but get me back into the "Automatic Repair" cycle.īefore the Windows 8 logo screen comes up, I do get about half a second of the Dell boot up screen and I have tried to hit F2 and F12 at that point. However, a few days ago, it stopped booting up.
I installed an downloaded OEM Windows 8 on Inspiron Duo about 10 days ago and for the first week, it worked great.
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