Booting from Windows XP Installation Disc

[Tim Sutor]

I believe that my Windows XP installation needs repairing using the recovery
console.
Can anyone suggest a reason and solution as to why my desktop refuses to
boot from the Windows XP installation disc. I have altered the BIOS setting
a number of times to show the dvd drive as the first priority setting and
although when Windows is loading it appears to recognise that this priority
has been set and the words "press any key to boot from CD-Rom" appear during
the early stages of start-up, despite this it still, either after I have
pressed another key or simply done nothing, proceeds to load the XP
operating system.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I believe that my Windows XP installation needs repairing using the
recovery console.
Can anyone suggest a reason and solution as to why my desktop
refuses to boot from the Windows XP installation disc. I have
altered the BIOS setting a number of times to show the dvd drive as
the first priority setting and although when Windows is loading it
appears to recognise that this priority has been set and the words
"press any key to boot from CD-Rom" appear during the early stages
of start-up, despite this it still, either after I have pressed
another key or simply done nothing, proceeds to load the XP
operating system.

If you press a key and it does not boot from CD after that (and you get that
message everytime) - then my bet is that your DVD drive or the CD itself is
damaged.

 

[Twayne]

I believe that my Windows XP installation needs repairing using the

recovery console.
Can anyone suggest a reason and solution as to why my desktop refuses
to boot from the Windows XP installation disc. I have altered the
BIOS setting a number of times to show the dvd drive as the first
priority setting and although when Windows is loading it appears to
recognise that this priority has been set and the words "press any
key to boot from CD-Rom" appear during the early stages of start-up,
despite this it still, either after I have pressed another key or
simply done nothing, proceeds to load the XP operating system.

I agree with Shenan. But first, try tapping a key, say Return, a few
times instead of just one keypress. Sometimes it takes the system a
moment more to get ready to accept a keypress. Only happened to me
once, but ... it happened.

HTH

Twayne