Can't Boot from CDROM

[Guest]

Using XP-Home version. I re-set the BIOS boot sequence to be CDROM,A,C and
also tried F,A,C (the ROM drive is device F) and it still boots from the C
drive.

Now my CDROM is an external drive. Might that be the problem?

Thanks for your time.

Dave

 

[RWS]

Using XP-Home version. I re-set the BIOS boot sequence to be CDROM,A,C and
also tried F,A,C (the ROM drive is device F) and it still boots from the C
drive.

Now my CDROM is an external drive. Might that be the problem?

Thanks for your time.

Dave

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You stated that your CDROM is external. I am going to guess that
means USB, and so the following article may be of help:

Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx
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[Dave B]

If your motherboard BIOS cannot boot from a USB device, then that is in fact
the problem.