[WEB4LIB] Re: BIOS Print/Capture

[Masters, Gary E]

Could they install a tiny computer (like a calculator) that runs on a
battery and just saves that string of data when a computer boots?
Many times I have booted and booted just to read a message that flashed by
on the screen.  (Well - it seemed like many times.)

In a very competitive market, that could be a feature to pull in a few
points of market share.  (Dell - are you reading?)

It could even have some other features for recovery from disasters or
perhaps go to a Ghost image.   I see some possibilities here.

Just a thought.

Gary


Gary E. Masters
Librarian (Systems)
CDRH - FDA
(301) 827-6893 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	c.murdock [SMTP:cmurdock at ccfls.org]
	Sent:	Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:13 PM
	To:	Multiple recipients of list
	Subject:	[WEB4LIB] Re: BIOS Print/Capture

	You might try using vmware, which is a program that you can use to
run 
	another operating system within a virtual machine on your system.  I
don't 
	know whether it's available for Windows 2000, however, as I've only
ever used 
	it under Linux to run Windows.  You can download a trial version,
and it runs 
	the second OS in a separate window which you could do a screen
capture on, as 
	it goes through all the boot stuff just like your computer would
when you 
	boot it normally.  It may seem a bit like overkill, but I don't know
how else 
	you would capture a BIOS screenshot.  Good luck!  

	-- 
	Cindy Murdock
	Network Administrator
	Meadville Public Library/Crawford County Federated Library System
	http://meadvillelibrary.org & http://ccfls.org


	On Tuesday 19 February 2002 01:37 pm, you wrote:
	> I'm looking for a way to print or, preferably capture to display
and print,
	> some of my BIOS screens for a training session.  I've looked
through the
	> Web4Lib archives and tried a couple of search engines with no
luck.  I'm
	> working with a Windows 2000 Professional operating system.  Can
anyone
	> help?
	>
	> Christine Peterson
	> Library Liaison Officer, Amigos Library Services
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