Boot from CDROM

[Chris Lanier]

most computer more than 3 years cant boot from the CD-ROM.

>-----Original 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
>
>
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Actually, in my experience, there have been very, very few
computers built since 1996 that _cannot_ boot from the CD. Even the
original WinNT installation CDs were bootable.

Bruce Chambers

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"Chris Lanier" > wrote in message
...
> most computer more than 3 years cant boot from the CD-ROM.
>
> >-----Original 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
> >
> >
> >.
> >