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**J. P. Gilliver (John)** · June 18th 13, 10:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

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I downloaded the Kapersky Rescue Disc 10 ISO file ; I do
have Nero but Kaspersky burned the CD itself. However
don't I have to change the bios to boot from the CD?
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Depends what your BIOS is currently set to. Most BIOSes allow several
boot devices, and you can change the order - and it is possible that you
already have it set to check CD before HD; unless you boot with a
bootable CD in the drive, you won't know you have it set that way.
(Well, you might, from looking at how the various drive lights flash
during boot, but since they probably flash during the early part of boot
- when it's just identifying what drives are connected - you can't bank
on that.)

If you have it set to (try the) HD before CD, then yes, you do have to
change it if you want to boot from a CD. But for most BIOSes of XP
vintage, it's fairly simple to do (well, on desktops; not so sure about
laptops).
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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