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i tried to install an operating system on my laptop and well, im lost

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  • Started 4 months ago by IrishIguana
  • Latest reply from Budohorseman
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IrishIguana
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i think i might have broken it, i downloaded the os and got it on a cd and i went to the partition and pressed f8, it restarted and instead of going to a menu like i thought it was supposed to it just keeps shutting off even when i go to my main partition, i am far from a computer expert

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LH
LH
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Hi IrishIguana. Downloaded from where ?

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grandtech
Posts: 7

What is the OS Irish Iguana?

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Budohorseman
Budohorseman
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Also, did you set your CD/DVD drive as the first boot drive in your systems BIOS. If you don't do that, it will not read the CD/DVD drive until after a successful boot.

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