BIOS Print/Capture

[Walter Giesbrecht]

Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> I suspect all your answers so far are wrong. When you're 
> booting up, and you trigger the BIOS, no other software is 
> running. As far as I know, there is no way to print that 
> screen, unless a particular BIOS supports that feature itself.

What *does* work on my Dell Dimension XPS H266 (vintage 1997) is
as follows:

1. Enter Setup
2. When the screen you wish to print is displayed, press the 
   Print Screen button.
3. Exit Setup and continue the boot-up process.

Once the boot process resumes, the desired screen is printed.
You'll have to re-enter Setup and repeat the process for every
screen you wish to print. 

I haven't tried this on any other PC, so your mileage may vary.

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Walter W. Giesbrecht                             walterg at yorku.ca
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