I have a HP desktop (Pavilion xt963) running under Windows XP. On
several occasions, I have wanted to boot the system using a bootable
CD (one time for cloning a hard drive and one time for to erase C
drive and reinstall the OS). I have learned how to access the BIOS
and believe that I'm properly changing boot priority from removable
media/floppy drive to CD drive. With the bootable CD in the CD drive,
I save/exit BIOS. However, the system does not boot from the CD and
just boots normally. I shut down/restart, go back to BIOS, check the
settings and find that they are as they should be. Still no booting
from the CD. WTF?

Hi
This issue is Not a Network issue, and even Not Windows or any other OS
issue.
It is a BIOS Boot issue, and should be addressed to HP.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

"steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2e94134c-546c-497f-bf71-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a HP desktop (Pavilion xt963) running under Windows XP. On
> several occasions, I have wanted to boot the system using a bootable
> CD (one time for cloning a hard drive and one time for to erase C
> drive and reinstall the OS). I have learned how to access the BIOS
> and believe that I'm properly changing boot priority from removable
> media/floppy drive to CD drive. With the bootable CD in the CD drive,
> I save/exit BIOS. However, the system does not boot from the CD and
> just boots normally. I shut down/restart, go back to BIOS, check the
> settings and find that they are as they should be. Still no booting
> from the CD. WTF?

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:36:44 -0800 (PST), steve <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I have a HP desktop (Pavilion xt963) running under Windows XP. On
>several occasions, I have wanted to boot the system using a bootable
>CD (one time for cloning a hard drive and one time for to erase C
>drive and reinstall the OS). I have learned how to access the BIOS
>and believe that I'm properly changing boot priority from removable
>media/floppy drive to CD drive. With the bootable CD in the CD drive,
>I save/exit BIOS. However, the system does not boot from the CD and
>just boots normally. I shut down/restart, go back to BIOS, check the
>settings and find that they are as they should be. Still no booting
>from the CD. WTF?

Test it with a different bootable cd.


Jim.

Steve,

Keep you eyes on the screen as the HP boots up - Nearly all HP computers
provide a prompt that tells you to press any key to boot from a CD.

Unless you hit the spacebar or ??? the normal boot takes place -
probably because many users forget CD's in the drive.

Fred


steve wrote:
> I have a HP desktop (Pavilion xt963) running under Windows XP. On
> several occasions, I have wanted to boot the system using a bootable
> CD (one time for cloning a hard drive and one time for to erase C
> drive and reinstall the OS). I have learned how to access the BIOS
> and believe that I'm properly changing boot priority from removable
> media/floppy drive to CD drive. With the bootable CD in the CD drive,
> I save/exit BIOS. However, the system does not boot from the CD and
> just boots normally. I shut down/restart, go back to BIOS, check the
> settings and find that they are as they should be. Still no booting
> from the CD. WTF?