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Kiwi-Wombat · 05-19-2005, 08:44 PM

Hope this is the right forum.

I have a new system which uses the Microsoft Wireless Optical Keyboard and mouse - Comfort edition. I am using XP Home.

During bootup I can press DEL using the wireless keyboard, to enter the BIOS as you would normally expect. However, when using emergency recovery disks, it doesn't.

I am using Acronis True Image Version 8 to provide backups. I did my first backup and then rebooted to test it but the keyboard and mouse didn't work. I still had my old 'normal' keyboard and mouse and if I plug them in instead, (even on the fly) everything works fine.

Did the same using Partition Magic emergency recovery disks (2 x 1.44 MB floppy disks). When disk 1 finished loading, I put disk 2 in but couldn't "press any key to start" with the wireless keyboard only the normal one.

Is this a known problem with wireless keyboards? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

05-19-2005, 08:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kiwi-Wombat Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 63 OS: XP	Wireless keyboard and mouse. Hope this is the right forum. I have a new system which uses the Microsoft Wireless Optical Keyboard and mouse - Comfort edition. I am using XP Home. During bootup I can press DEL using the wireless keyboard, to enter the BIOS as you would normally expect. However, when using emergency recovery disks, it doesn't. I am using Acronis True Image Version 8 to provide backups. I did my first backup and then rebooted to test it but the keyboard and mouse didn't work. I still had my old 'normal' keyboard and mouse and if I plug them in instead, (even on the fly) everything works fine. Did the same using Partition Magic emergency recovery disks (2 x 1.44 MB floppy disks). When disk 1 finished loading, I put disk 2 in but couldn't "press any key to start" with the wireless keyboard only the normal one. Is this a known problem with wireless keyboards? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks