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Question

Keyborad/boot/format problem

Sep 21, 2015 2:28PM PDT

Well i have toshiba laptop A210-15j with windows xp currently on and i really want a fresh start on that laptop ... format every single unit of memory and maybe install ubuntu, xubuntu, anything but windows.
Well here the problem starts, when i put usb with something that i want to install (ubuntu 15,14) or format (dban) keyboard becomes unresponsive.
I dont know what to do, and the sad thing is dvd player is not working (daemon tools broke it or someone else ... maybe me ... who knows).
I ran out of my noob options, and i beg for help or for a grain of wisdom.

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Answer
While rare this is why
Sep 21, 2015 3:14PM PDT

I plug in some USB keyboard and mouse when booting from an Ubuntu DVD. As to daemon tools that sounds like the old CODE 19, 31 or such issue. But that issue does not apply to when we boot any Linux USB or DVD.

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Help, i need somebody, help,
Sep 21, 2015 11:28PM PDT
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There are now a dozen distros.
Sep 22, 2015 5:50AM PDT

A XP machine? Time to try the other distros. It sounds like one of the rare machines that will have you hunting down other distros or even trying BSD.

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Recomendation
Sep 22, 2015 6:27AM PDT

Originally it was Vista. Can u recommend something lightweight?

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You could try Puppy Linux, but I bet Mint Linux is best.
Sep 22, 2015 6:38AM PDT

You haven't said how much RAM you have, so we're forced to guess here, but if you can run Vista and XP, you probably can run Mint.

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Sure.
Sep 22, 2015 6:43AM PDT