Can't boot from CD

[Space Monkey]

Hi,

I am having trouble just getting this bloody thing started.

I have a A7V600 motherboard (with most recent BIOS version 1008), a
120 Gb IDE Western Digital HDD (non-formatted), and a regular ol'
CD-ROM (I've tried tried different ones, and still get the same
problem), 768 Mb RAM (3 x Kingston 256 Mb)

The problem is, I can't boot from the CD-ROM. It's recognized in the
BIOS, it's set as primary boot device, and it keeps giving me a "No
boot disk found" error. I tried booting from a floppy (which is my
third boot device) in MS-DOS, and I could map to the CD-ROM, and read
from it. But if I try to run anything from the CD, it will reboot the
PC half way.

Right now, the CD-ROM is Primary Slave, but I had it as Secondary
Master, even as Primary Master, and the same results occur.

If I can't get boot from the CD, I can't format my HDD and install any
OS. So bottom line, I need HELP!!!!!!

Jorge

 

[no_one]

is it a bootable CD? (with appropriate OS and utilities)

 

[Roadhair]

Which OS? My XP Pro and Win2K CDs are not bootable. I've seen an XP Home
CD that is bootable. The Win2K CD has a Boot Disk folder that will allow
you to create boot floppies. A program for creating XP boot floppies can be
downloaded from microsoft. Either should get you started unless you're
having other issues.
RH

 

[kirbalo]

Which OS? My XP Pro and Win2K CDs are not bootable. I've seen an XP Home
CD that is bootable. The Win2K CD has a Boot Disk folder that will allow
you to create boot floppies. A program for creating XP boot floppies can
be
downloaded from microsoft. Either should get you started unless you're
having other issues.
RH

What kind of WinXP and Win2K CD's do you have that aren't bootable??? Any
legitimate Full version or Upgrade version will boot from the CD...

--
Kirbalo...

K7S5A Pro, Athlon XP 1600+
1 Gig DDR, 120 GB, nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440
SuSE Linux 9.2 Pro & XP Pro Dual Boot
Linux 2.6.8-24.10-default
2:47pm up 4 days 21:16, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.02, 1.18

 

[Roadhair]

Both are OEM full versions. My Win98SE isn't bootable either.

 

[BG250]

Something's wrong. I can boot from any of these.
bg

 

[Roadhair]

Oh well. I've made bootable copies of my Win2K and XP CDs with integrated
service packs (see: http://bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm) and those work so I
guess my originals are just not bootable.
RH