Reinstallation nightmare

[Guest]

I am trying to reinstall WIN XP pro. I Have backed up all my data and have
put my WIN XP disk in the drive, set bios to boot from cdrom and pressed F10
to save and exit, it boots to cd rom, then says press anykey to boot from CD,
the Keyboard is dead. However once it reverts back to the HD boot sequence
keyboard comes to life! My keyboard is a MS keyboard. Help, I slottted all
day to format and install and my time is dwindling!

 

[philo]

I am trying to reinstall WIN XP pro. I Have backed up all my data and have
put my WIN XP disk in the drive, set bios to boot from cdrom and pressed F10
to save and exit, it boots to cd rom, then says press anykey to boot from CD,
the Keyboard is dead. However once it reverts back to the HD boot sequence
keyboard comes to life! My keyboard is a MS keyboard. Help, I slottted all
day to format and install and my time is dwindling!

is it a USB keyboard?
if so, try a ps/2 type

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am trying to reinstall WIN XP pro. I Have backed up all my data and have
put my WIN XP disk in the drive, set bios to boot from cdrom and pressed F10
to save and exit, it boots to cd rom, then says press anykey to boot from CD,
the Keyboard is dead. However once it reverts back to the HD boot sequence
keyboard comes to life! My keyboard is a MS keyboard. Help, I slottted all
day to format and install and my time is dwindling!

Are you using a USB keyboard? If so, do you have Legacy USB Support
enabled in the BIOS? Or, have you tried using a PS/2 keyboard?


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