Reinstalling windows xp profesional on my desk top

[Guest]

I have a boot disk but every time i try to reboot my computer is telling me.
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM : Failure ......
Disk boot failure, insert disk and press enter
But id I insert the disk (3.5 Disk) at the end of the set up it is telling
me that it did not find the Hard drive drivers please help....
Thank you.

 

[Guest]

I have a boot disk but every time i try to reboot my computer is telling me.
Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM : Failure ......
Disk boot failure, insert disk and press enter
But id I insert the disk (3.5 Disk) at the end of the set up it is telling
me that it did not find the Hard drive drivers please help....
Thank you.

Do you have a regular boot disk or an actual Windows XP CD?