I have tried everything that I can think of to get the puter to boot from
the cd with no luck. I have updated the bios, made every possible
combination in the boot order chosen in setup such as..........cd-rom first
boot, second boot disabled, third boot disabled...... or first boot floppy,
second boot cd-rom, third boot hard drive, etc... I have tried removing my
second cd drive and set up one drive as a master drive. I have tried
another cd drive in case the original was defective. No matter what I do it
won't boot from the xp cd (it always did in the past). Even with the hard
drive boot disabled in the setup it will start up in windows. When I see
the boot to cd at the bottom of screen during startup I hit the enter key or
have tried not using the enter key ... no matter what it will do the usual
startup into windows and bypass the cd boot choice. What do I need to do to
get the cd boot?

Thanks
MJ

USB keyboard? If so, look for a setting in BIOS that enables USB, or temporarily plug in a PS2 keyboard.

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Bill James


"myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have tried everything that I can think of to get the puter to boot from
> the cd with no luck. I have updated the bios, made every possible
> combination in the boot order chosen in setup such as..........cd-rom first
> boot, second boot disabled, third boot disabled...... or first boot floppy,
> second boot cd-rom, third boot hard drive, etc... I have tried removing my
> second cd drive and set up one drive as a master drive. I have tried
> another cd drive in case the original was defective. No matter what I do it
> won't boot from the xp cd (it always did in the past). Even with the hard
> drive boot disabled in the setup it will start up in windows. When I see
> the boot to cd at the bottom of screen during startup I hit the enter key or
> have tried not using the enter key ... no matter what it will do the usual
> startup into windows and bypass the cd boot choice. What do I need to do to
> get the cd boot?
>
> Thanks
> MJ
>
>

MJ

Please describe the CD you are trying use to boot? Is it an original
Windows XP CD or something else?

May we worth checking that you have covered all the points
in this link:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm#02

Another interesting link:
http://www.ubcd4win.com/

Why do you need to boot from a CD? More information please?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have tried everything that I can think of to get the puter to boot
>from the cd with no luck. I have updated the bios, made every possible
>combination in the boot order chosen in setup such as..........cd-rom
>first boot, second boot disabled, third boot disabled...... or first
>boot floppy, second boot cd-rom, third boot hard drive, etc... I have
>tried removing my second cd drive and set up one drive as a master
>drive. I have tried another cd drive in case the original was
>defective. No matter what I do it won't boot from the xp cd (it always
>did in the past). Even with the hard drive boot disabled in the setup
>it will start up in windows. When I see the boot to cd at the bottom
>of screen during startup I hit the enter key or have tried not using
>the enter key ... no matter what it will do the usual startup into
>windows and bypass the cd boot choice. What do I need to do to get the
>cd boot?
>
> Thanks
> MJ
>

It is a ps2 keyboard



"Bill James" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OA%(E-Mail Removed)...
USB keyboard? If so, look for a setting in BIOS that enables USB, or
temporarily plug in a PS2 keyboard.

--

Bill James


"myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have tried everything that I can think of to get the puter to boot from
> the cd with no luck. I have updated the bios, made every possible
> combination in the boot order chosen in setup such as..........cd-rom
> first
> boot, second boot disabled, third boot disabled...... or first boot
> floppy,
> second boot cd-rom, third boot hard drive, etc... I have tried removing
> my
> second cd drive and set up one drive as a master drive. I have tried
> another cd drive in case the original was defective. No matter what I do
> it
> won't boot from the xp cd (it always did in the past). Even with the hard
> drive boot disabled in the setup it will start up in windows. When I see
> the boot to cd at the bottom of screen during startup I hit the enter key
> or
> have tried not using the enter key ... no matter what it will do the usual
> startup into windows and bypass the cd boot choice. What do I need to do
> to
> get the cd boot?
>
> Thanks
> MJ
>
>

This is why I am having trouble trying to figure out how to boot with the
cd. All bios setups are done properly as listed in
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm#02 . I am using an original
xp pro cd. I have tried the cd on another computer and it boots just fine.



"Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> MJ
>
> Please describe the CD you are trying use to boot? Is it an original
> Windows XP CD or something else?
>
> May we worth checking that you have covered all the points
> in this link:
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm#02
>
> Another interesting link:
> http://www.ubcd4win.com/
>
> Why do you need to boot from a CD? More information please?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> "myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have tried everything that I can think of to get the puter to boot from
>>the cd with no luck. I have updated the bios, made every possible
>>combination in the boot order chosen in setup such as..........cd-rom
>>first boot, second boot disabled, third boot disabled...... or first boot
>>floppy, second boot cd-rom, third boot hard drive, etc... I have tried
>>removing my second cd drive and set up one drive as a master drive. I
>>have tried another cd drive in case the original was defective. No matter
>>what I do it won't boot from the xp cd (it always did in the past). Even
>>with the hard drive boot disabled in the setup it will start up in
>>windows. When I see the boot to cd at the bottom of screen during startup
>>I hit the enter key or have tried not using the enter key ... no matter
>>what it will do the usual startup into windows and bypass the cd boot
>>choice. What do I need to do to get the cd boot?
>>
>> Thanks
>> MJ
>>
>
>

Why do you need to boot from a CD? More information please?

Disconnect all hardware except keyboard, mouse and monitor and try to
boot, without using the CD. What happens?

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



"myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is why I am having trouble trying to figure out how to boot with
> the cd. All bios setups are done properly as listed in
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm#02 . I am using an
> original xp pro cd. I have tried the cd on another computer and it
> boots just fine.
>
>
>

In most instances an upgrade XP CD (if that is your CD) will not perform CD
boot.

"Gerry Cornell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Why do you need to boot from a CD? More information please?
>
> Disconnect all hardware except keyboard, mouse and monitor and try to
> boot, without using the CD. What happens?
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> "myname911" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is why I am having trouble trying to figure out how to boot with the
>> cd. All bios setups are done properly as listed in
>> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000217.htm#02 . I am using an
>> original xp pro cd. I have tried the cd on another computer and it boots
>> just fine.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

AJR wrote:
> In most instances an upgrade XP CD (if that is your CD) will not perform CD
> boot.
>
Absolute and total RUBBISH!
An upgrade disk boots the same as any other disk.

"AJR" wrote

> In most instances an upgrade XP CD (if that is your CD) will not perform
> CD boot.

That's not true. An XP upgrade CD is bootable.

AJR wrote:

> In most instances an upgrade XP CD (if that is your CD) will not
> perform CD boot.


Sorry, but that's completely false, in *all* instances.

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