"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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In message , HB writes:


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You're assuming F8 works and I can get to that menu when I cannot or I
would
not be here. I could have done the System Restore and that would have been
the end of it. F8 doesn't bring up Advanced Boot Options anymore and
there
are no discs that came with the Toshiba. How do I get that menu to come
up
when F8 doesn't do it and there are no discs?


As you've discovered the hard way, System Restore is no protection against
hard disc failure, and little protection against important file
corruption - because the computer needs to be able to boot up to the point
where you can invoke Safe Mode at least, in order to _do_ a System
Restore. While System Restore _is_ more use than some here think, you
really need to be creating an image (on an external disc, or DVDs [lots!]
or memory stick) of your important partitions, using something like
Macrium or Acronis (both are free, as are others) - and also making the CD
that those can make, so you can boot from that CD in order to restore the
image. But we'll get to that much later - we've got to get you back to a
working system first!

This is another concern of mine. I not only didn't get CDs with the last 2
PCs, but no nag screens either. How do I make a bootable disc for them or
one of these "images"? One is a Tablet w/W-10 and the other a Notebook
w/W-10. I have nothing in case one goes dark on me. The one before these
is a HP laptop and I followed the directons and the info was copied onto a
Thumbdrive. But can that $900 dollar PC boot from it? I have no idea. There
was no info as to what to do with the thumbdrive if the computer crashed.

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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Illinc fui et illud feci, habe tunicam?