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06-22-2004, 10:59 AM
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Cannot Boot From Cd, Installing Win2k
iM TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS 2000, BUT MY COMPUTER WILL NOT BOOT FROM THE CD, I ALREADY CHANGED IT IN THE bIOS TO BOOT FROM CD FIRST, BUT IT DOES NOT, I THEN TRIED JUST PUTTING INTO THE CD ROM, WHILE IM OLD oS IS RUNNING, BUT IT DOES NOT READ THE CD, i KNOW THE CD ROM WORKS WITH OTHER CDS.,( MUSIC, ETC.)PlEASE HELP, WHAT SHOUD I DO?
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06-22-2004, 12:04 PM
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Is this is a legal CD? If so it appears that the CD is damaged - contact your vendor and explain to them that its a damaged CD.
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06-22-2004, 12:39 PM
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You might also clean off any smudges that could be causing read problems. If that doesn't work, then I would try the CD in another computer and see if it can read it.
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06-22-2004, 01:26 PM
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Yes, I already tried that I've put the cd in my laptop, and it worked, it has to do with boot sequence, i just can't figure out what, or why it doesnt read the cd
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06-22-2004, 01:45 PM
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Are you sure that you are setting the boot sequence correctly and saving the changes?
Is there another CD drive you could try? |
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06-22-2004, 02:37 PM
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Yes, Im sure I save the changes, I did try another cd drive .
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06-22-2004, 02:40 PM
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isn't there a way to boot the new OS through DOS?
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06-22-2004, 03:38 PM
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If you can boot using floppies these might help: http://www.svrops.com/svrops/dwnlddisk.htm
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06-22-2004, 03:42 PM
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Thanks, I'll try that,
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06-22-2004, 03:55 PM
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Many of the 2k cd's will not boot. The orignal version + many others all the way to the 2kpro urgrade CD's will simply require the 4 floppy boot disk.
Nice page Statica!
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06-22-2004, 03:57 PM
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this sounds odd but i had that problem, i finaly disabled the other drives in bios just left cdrom and it worked,don't ask why.might be worth a try. if it works dont forget to go back and inable them.
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06-22-2004, 04:03 PM
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another thing, i forgot to mention, when a turn on the computer i get an error message saying that the cpu softmenu is not working or has been changed, so i went into the cpusoft menu, and changed it back to its default settings, but i still get that error message .
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06-22-2004, 04:07 PM
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Loosing bios setting would point to a Mother Board Battery.
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06-22-2004, 04:14 PM
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Huh?? motherboard battery,?
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06-22-2004, 04:15 PM
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the battery is fine
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06-22-2004, 04:23 PM
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I was having trouble installing Windows XP Pro and even bought a new one because it wouldn't load. While waiting for the new one to arrive, I visited this site and read the forum for Windows Software problems and perhaps, why it wouldn't load and it said one problem might be any usb devices that are hooked up to the computer while trying to load the OS could keep it from loading. Do you have any USB devices hooked up to the computer? you could try disconnecting them and see if that might work. It did for me.
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