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05-14-2007, 04:30 PM
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booting from disk
Hello, I want to format my hard-drive, but when I set the primary boot device to CD-ROM in my bios settings, and restart, I get the message "Press any key to boot from disk" and when I do press any key nothing happens and the computer continues to start-up from the hard-drive after displaying a few dots. (I have inserted the windows disk in to the drive). Could this be a problem with the layout of my IDE cables or anything related to that?
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05-14-2007, 04:32 PM
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Is this a copied disk or the original? Make sure that the disk isn't dirty etc. As an alternative, you could get the boot disks from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
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05-14-2007, 04:52 PM
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Yeah this is an original disk and from what I can see is pretty clean with no scratches, so it definately could not be the layout of the IDE cables? as they were changed recently...
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05-20-2007, 08:27 AM
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Also, any ideas as to why nothing happens when I "press any key" to boot from cd..
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05-20-2007, 11:50 AM
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Just quick thought, are you using a USB keyboard?. If you are try using a PS2 keyboard and it should work fine.
Hope that helps Ray |
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05-20-2007, 02:36 PM
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When you get the "press any key to boot from disk", don't press any key. It will sit for a few seconds then will go to the first boot device which should be the CD drive.
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