Can't boot from cd-rom

[myname911]

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

 

[Bill James]

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

 

[Gerry Cornell]

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
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[myname911]

It is a ps2 keyboard



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

 

[myname911]

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]

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?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[AJR]

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

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

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.

 

[Rock]

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.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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.

 

[Plato]

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

No reason to update the bios in this instance.

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

Often, modern PCs with 80 conductor cables you need to set the HDD to
Cable Select and put your HDD on the end for the boot cd option to work

 

[myname911]

I previously tried setting HDD to cable select but it didn't help. I don't
see how this would have anything to do with the boot issue but.........after
removing Daemon Tools V4 along with remaining components (secdrv.sys,
sptd.sys, sptdNNNN.sys) it now boots via the cd.

Thanks for all support
MJ