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Cirerrek · 03-12-2002, 01:01 PM

What DrZaius said. Through the XP CD in the drive and then at some point during teh boot process, it will ask you to hit any key to boot from the CD-ROM. Do it fast as it doesn't wait long for you to decide.

If you have problems with it booting up from the hard drive instead of the CD, then go into your BIOS, then to your Boot Devices, and disable all bootable devices, except for the CD-ROM. Once you have created all your partitions and it is ready to restart, restart, then go back into boot options in the BIOS and set it up so the device you want to boot from is first. Save and Exit. The boot process should then complete itself.

03-12-2002, 01:01 PM	#5
Cirerrek Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: MO Posts: 232	What DrZaius said. Through the XP CD in the drive and then at some point during teh boot process, it will ask you to hit any key to boot from the CD-ROM. Do it fast as it doesn't wait long for you to decide. If you have problems with it booting up from the hard drive instead of the CD, then go into your BIOS, then to your Boot Devices, and disable all bootable devices, except for the CD-ROM. Once you have created all your partitions and it is ready to restart, restart, then go back into boot options in the BIOS and set it up so the device you want to boot from is first. Save and Exit. The boot process should then complete itself. Last edited by Cirerrek; 03-12-2002 at 01:07 PM.