Bios was set to Boot the CD first

[Gary]

Sharon,

My BIOS was already set to boot the CD first. Got any
other suggestions. Getting desperate. Thanks for taking
the time to help
>-----Original Message-----
>On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 14:44:11 -0700, Gary wrote:
>
>> I tried your suggestions and looked at the links you
>> sent. I found my copy of XP but my computer wont
reboot
>> with it. Just keeps trying the same way over and over
>> again. Got any other ideas I could try?
>
>Did you change the settings in BIOS for boot order? You
need to make the
>CDrom drive the first choice.
>--
>Sharon F
>MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 06:46:25 -0700, Gary wrote:

> Sharon,
>
> My BIOS was already set to boot the CD first. Got any
> other suggestions. Getting desperate. Thanks for taking
> the time to help
>> [5 quoted line(s) supressed]
> reboot
>> [4 quoted line(s) supressed]
> need to make the
>> [6 quoted line(s) supressed]

Gary, did you see Thomas' suggestion? His system apparently places the
"press a key" message low on his screen. My old system used to show this
high on the screen. My current system doesn't show anything, it just boots
from a bootable CD if one is present. I don't know what is "normal" for
your system. You may need to refer to your system manual to review the CD
boot procedure it uses.

If still having trouble booting from the CD, take a look at the XP CD. Very
*carefully* clean fingerprints and smudges. Consider using a lens cleaning
kit on the CDrom drive.

If no go on booting from CD, read the section on this page about using a
boot disk (or set of boot disks) to run XP's setup program. There are
several options discussed:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Also, below are links to two sites with good writeups about performing a
Repair Install. Harry's site has directions and screen shots of everything
that will appear on the monitor along the way. Michael's site is a concise
set of instructions that are handy to print out and have on hand during the
install.

Harry O¢s site:
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm

Michael Steven¢s
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User