Boot from CDROM

[Joe Boon]

I have just formatted my c: drive for installation
of Win XP but it won't boot from the CDROM
drive. ( I have changed the sequence to CDROM,
C, A)

My PC is a 4-year old P3 450MHz (former OS
Win2000)

Would appreciate any help.
Thanks

[R. C. White]

Hi, Joe.

Have you booted this computer from CD-ROM before? Each computer is
different, of course, depending on its maker and BIOS version. Mine
presents a message to "press any key to boot from CD", or something like
that. If I don't press a key, it boots from C:, or whatever I have set to
secondary.

Is your CD-ROM connected via IDE? Or SCSI? USB?? You may need to either
enable the proper interface in your BIOS or load a driver before attempting
to access the CD-ROM.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Joe Boon" > wrote in message
...
> I have just formatted my c: drive for installation
> of Win XP but it won't boot from the CDROM
> drive. ( I have changed the sequence to CDROM,
> C, A)
>
> My PC is a 4-year old P3 450MHz (former OS
> Win2000)
>
> Would appreciate any help.
> Thanks

[LVTravel]

If you can't get the CD to boot, go here and choose the proper floppy boot
install download. Be advised that you need the proper one, for SP1 CD or
Non-SP1 CD.

Download and place on floppys, need either 5 or 6 of them.


"Joe Boon" > wrote in message
...
> I have just formatted my c: drive for installation
> of Win XP but it won't boot from the CDROM
> drive. ( I have changed the sequence to CDROM,
> C, A)
>
> My PC is a 4-year old P3 450MHz (former OS
> Win2000)
>
> Would appreciate any help.
> Thanks
>
>

[Joe Boon]

Hi RC,

My BIOS allows me to boot from CD-ROM which is
connected via IDE. Anyway, the problem is now solved.

Thanks to you and to all who replied.

Joe

"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, Joe.
>
> Have you booted this computer from CD-ROM before? Each computer is
> different, of course, depending on its maker and BIOS version. Mine
> presents a message to "press any key to boot from CD", or something like
> that. If I don't press a key, it boots from C:, or whatever I have set to
> secondary.
>
> Is your CD-ROM connected via IDE? Or SCSI? USB?? You may need to either
> enable the proper interface in your BIOS or load a driver before
attempting
> to access the CD-ROM.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Joe Boon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have just formatted my c: drive for installation
> > of Win XP but it won't boot from the CDROM
> > drive. ( I have changed the sequence to CDROM,
> > C, A)
> >
> > My PC is a 4-year old P3 450MHz (former OS
> > Win2000)
> >
> > Would appreciate any help.
> > Thanks
>
>