hey guys... heres my problem, i have a windows xp crystal boot disc that i really want on my computer, however, i cant boot it on startup. i have tried to boot a regular windows xp pro disc but it wont do that either. any help would be apreciated.. cheers
Hi John
When your computers first turns on, you have an option to enter your bios setup, usually [DEL] or [F2]
or [F12] , it will be written on screen somewhere.
Go into the Bios setup and look for an option to change the boot priority, this may be labelled differently depnding on your computer,
Your Boot order should be CD-ROM (1st) and Hard Drive (2), Uou may have several option to order your boot sequance, but once these two are set. Save & Exit The Bios. Once this has been changed, as long as the CD-ROM/DVD you placed into the drive before the computer starts up it should work.
P.S Check for onscreen messages when it boots from the cd-rom, sometimes you have to press the enter key, to continue to boot...
Hope this Helps...
Tristan
Tristan Gallagher
December 2007
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