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astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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Do i press any key at the same place where i would press f8 coz the boot from cd message is fast and i tried hitting lots of keys and it didnt work
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webvictim
Joined: May 31, 2004
Posts: 46
From: Hertfordshire, UK
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The "Press any key to boot from CD..." message that the Windows CD loads to the screen stays for about 5 seconds before it goes, so you'd have plenty of time to press something. If it's that quick then I'd suggest it's your computer trying to boot from a CD, not finding one and then using the next option, probably the hard drive.
If you've got more than one CD drive, try using the other, or press F8 while your computer is memory checking at the beginning of the startup sequence. Some modern motherboards allow you to choose which device to boot from from a list that comes up before the loading sequence starts 
System Restore annoys me - it's a good idea in principle, but 1) it uses far too much disc space by default, 2) it saves viruses and corrupt files to its backups because it doesn't bother to check them and 3) when you actually need to restore from it, it never works. It's about time Microsoft developed an operating system that isn't affected by viruses (a bit like Linux  ) |
astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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Ok i tried f8 during the memory thing and nothing happened and i tried putting the cd im my other drive and still nothing i put 1st 2nd and 3rd boot options as boot from cdrom
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astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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Maybe its my bios settings can anyone tell me what i have to change
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folling182
Joined: Oct 14, 2003
Posts: 368
From: nottingham>girona[Spain]>???
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if its a bios option u must make sure that the cd drive is activated as a boot drive
(i cant guide u though that because there are a lot of diferent bios sistems, so u will have to find it urself)
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Jezzaj
Joined: Apr 16, 2003
Posts: 321
From: UK
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post up yoor bios and maybe someone can be more specific |
astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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What specific part of my bios settings do you need to know
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Jezzaj
Joined: Apr 16, 2003
Posts: 321
From: UK
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do you know the name of your bios make and version?as in for myself its Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A7N8X2.0 Deluxe ACPI BIOS Rev 1006 |
Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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If you say you have boot from cd on then there must be problem wit your cd rom
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astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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My cd rom is working fine all i have to do is change the 1st boot device to cdrom isnt it
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Hyderabad, india
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Yeah but you say you've done that
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astvilla99
Joined: Feb 03, 2004
Posts: 63
From: Sydney, Australia
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Yes i did that so i think im gonna have to format damn im gonna lose some important files that cant fit on a floppy disk
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folling182
Joined: Oct 14, 2003
Posts: 368
From: nottingham>girona[Spain]>???
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if they are really that important get another HDD, plug it in, go in to safe mode, and transfer the files (thats what i did, but i already had the 2nd HDD)
otherwise do the same but transferring them to cds
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Posted: 2004-06-06 02:14
