CDROM will not boot from reboot

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I have set the bios to cd rom for the first boot, but
when I put in the windows xp cd to reinstall the laptop
will not boot from the cd. Any ideas on what I am doing
wrong?

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"Lisa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1d93f01c4548b$f4f598e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have set the bios to cd rom for the first boot, but
> when I put in the windows xp cd to reinstall the laptop
> will not boot from the cd. Any ideas on what I am doing
> wrong?

Does the system actually see the CD at first - does the light come on and
the drive spin up? If so, are you using a CD that is actually bootable?

HTH
-pk

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Do you see a message that says press any key to boot from CD?

H

"Patrick Keenan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:qomAc.45988$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Lisa" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1d93f01c4548b$f4f598e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have set the bios to cd rom for the first boot, but
> > when I put in the windows xp cd to reinstall the laptop
> > will not boot from the cd. Any ideas on what I am doing
> > wrong?
>
> Does the system actually see the CD at first - does the light come on and
> the drive spin up? If so, are you using a CD that is actually bootable?
>
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>

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