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10-21-2005, 11:51 PM
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Failure To Boot From CD-ROM
Ok cant figure out what is wrong its a XP Computer with just a cd drive in it on boot up i hear a single beep nothing wrong there but after it tries to boot up into windows it says Something about System Disk error and press enter i went into bios and tried to disable the cd rom from boot up and still same error havenčt tried to put windows xp cd in yet should i put windows cd in and just reformat. Computer also has cd drive no floppy no burner just a cd rom drive.É
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10-22-2005, 07:36 AM
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Telcom Tech
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Location: Western, Pa.
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Yes it sounds like it's time to boot from XP cdrom and do a repair installation.
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10-23-2005, 03:20 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
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G'day to you too Skoula67
Here is something you would like to try. Please open attachment. Good luck John 
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10-23-2005, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Or u can boot to the XP cd, choose R at teh first option to install, select he instaltion u are having issues with, and type FIXMBR at teh command promt
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10-24-2005, 06:35 PM
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Check that there isn't a nonbootable cd (music or whatever} in the cd drive.
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