Hi me again,
I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a fast and
dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and the
Rollup 1 to my PC.
So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
" In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?

Thanks

It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the CD-ROM
first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way you
don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy disk.
NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a disk is
in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed bootable
device.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi me again,
> I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a fast
> and
> dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and the
> Rollup 1 to my PC.
> So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
> " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
> formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
> CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Thanks Michael

I think my Machine is ready to Rock. Hopefully no more problems.
Happy Times To You and All The Best

Rick

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the CD-ROM
> first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way you
> don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy
disk.
> NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a disk
is
> in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed bootable
> device.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi me again,
> > I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a fast
> > and
> > dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and the
> > Rollup 1 to my PC.
> > So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
> > " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
> > formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
> > CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>

Oh, one more thing about the BIOS Boot Settings. In BIOS, I have a HD 00 /
HD 01/ HD 02 / HD 03 options. What one would be the Windows Boot Drive ?HD00
?
"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the CD-ROM
> first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way you
> don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy
disk.
> NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a disk
is
> in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed bootable
> device.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi me again,
> > I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a fast
> > and
> > dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and the
> > Rollup 1 to my PC.
> > So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
> > " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
> > formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
> > CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>

Uh, Rick, I don't know!

I have no idea on which drive XP is sitting or where the boot information is
being stored for that matter but you seem pretty happy with things so I
assume the system is booting? If yes, don't worry about it.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Oh, one more thing about the BIOS Boot Settings. In BIOS, I have a HD 00 /
> HD 01/ HD 02 / HD 03 options. What one would be the Windows Boot Drive
> ?HD00
> ?
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the
>> CD-ROM
>> first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way you
>> don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy
> disk.
>> NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a disk
> is
>> in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed
>> bootable
>> device.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi me again,
>> > I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a fast
>> > and
>> > dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and the
>> > Rollup 1 to my PC.
>> > So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
>> > " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
>> > formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
>> > CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Yup, found it... HD - 0 is the first Hard Drive. and XP is sitting nicely on
that.
Thanks Again

Cheers

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Uh, Rick, I don't know!
>
> I have no idea on which drive XP is sitting or where the boot information
is
> being stored for that matter but you seem pretty happy with things so I
> assume the system is booting? If yes, don't worry about it.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Oh, one more thing about the BIOS Boot Settings. In BIOS, I have a HD 00
/
> > HD 01/ HD 02 / HD 03 options. What one would be the Windows Boot Drive
> > ?HD00
> > ?
> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> > message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the
> >> CD-ROM
> >> first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way
you
> >> don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy
> > disk.
> >> NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a
disk
> > is
> >> in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed
> >> bootable
> >> device.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >>
> >> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Hi me again,
> >> > I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a
fast
> >> > and
> >> > dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and
the
> >> > Rollup 1 to my PC.
> >> > So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
> >> > " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During
the
> >> > formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive
as
> >> > CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

You're welcome, Rick.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yup, found it... HD - 0 is the first Hard Drive. and XP is sitting nicely
> on
> that.
> Thanks Again
>
> Cheers
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Uh, Rick, I don't know!
>>
>> I have no idea on which drive XP is sitting or where the boot information
> is
>> being stored for that matter but you seem pretty happy with things so I
>> assume the system is booting? If yes, don't worry about it.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Oh, one more thing about the BIOS Boot Settings. In BIOS, I have a HD
>> > 00
> /
>> > HD 01/ HD 02 / HD 03 options. What one would be the Windows Boot Drive
>> > ?HD00
>> > ?
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote
>> > in
>> > message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> It makes no difference except for convenience. I leave it with the
>> >> CD-ROM
>> >> first in line, the floppy second and the hard drive third. That way
> you
>> >> don't need to change each time you need to boot from a CD or a floppy
>> > disk.
>> >> NOTE: the system will look at those drives during bootup to see if a
> disk
>> > is
>> >> in the drive but finding none, it will proceed to the next listed
>> >> bootable
>> >> device.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "Rick Webb" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Hi me again,
>> >> > I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a
> fast
>> >> > and
>> >> > dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack 1 and
> the
>> >> > Rollup 1 to my PC.
>> >> > So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
>> >> > " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During
> the
>> >> > formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive
> as
>> >> > CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD
>> >> > ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

I do not know the make of your computer, but many [including Dell] set the
BIOS to boot (1) Floppy Drive, (2) CD-ROM Drive, (3) Hard Drive. If I were
you, I would setup exactly the same.

--
Gene K

Rick Webb wrote:
> Hi me again,
> I have completed the transformation of my poorly operating PC to a
> fast and dedicated Audio PC. With your help , I uploaded Service Pack
> 1 and the Rollup 1 to my PC.
> So, I'm pretty much set now, except I have one question.
> " In the BIOS , what should be the correct Boot sequence" ? During the
> formatting and re-installation of XP , I had set the 1st Boot Drive as
> CD-ROM. Can I leave it there, or should I change it to Floppy or HD ?
>
> Thanks