How to boot to a CD_ROM in Win 98 SE

On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:36:48 -0500, ECLiPSE 2002
wrote:

Thanks to all responders. I have read the suggestions and have hit a
brick wall. Perhaps my inability to boot from the CD_ROM which
contains the DBAN application is that I do not know how to properly
change the boot order in the BIOS. I have been accessing the BIOS from
the Setup menu, but I have not found a way to have the CD_ROM boot
instead of Windows 98SE hard drive. There is no way to enable the
CD_ROM and disable the hard drive in the Setup Boot menu selections. I
have selected the CD-ROM and moved it to the top of the list and hit
F10 which is supposed to exit and save, but that does not work nor
does starting the PC with the CD_ROM in the drive.

If you've already configured the machine so that CD boot is a higher
priority than HD boot, then the next step is to make sure you have a
bootable CD. You wouldn't be the first person who unsuccessfully
burned a bootable CD. Try a store-bought bootable CD and see if that
boots, like a Windows installation CD or similar.

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ECLiPSE 2002 wrote:
Thanks to all responders. I have read the suggestions and have hit a
brick wall. Perhaps my inability to boot from the CD_ROM which
contains the DBAN application is that I do not know how to properly
change the boot order in the BIOS. I have been accessing the BIOS from
the Setup menu, but I have not found a way to have the CD_ROM boot
instead of Windows 98SE hard drive. There is no way to enable the
CD_ROM and disable the hard drive in the Setup Boot menu selections. I
have selected the CD-ROM and moved it to the top of the list and hit
F10 which is supposed to exit and save, but that does not work nor
does starting the PC with the CD_ROM in the drive.

Is there another way to access the BIOS where selections and
priorities can be made?

I don't know why you won't tell us what kind of machine this is as that
would help a lot.

Agreed. Make and model of PC will allow us to know exactly what needs
to be done to properly set the BIOS to boot to CD-ROM.

--
Zaphod

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In article , fdm2000
@comcast.net says...

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:06:40 -0500, ECLiPSE 2002 fdm2000
@comcast.net
wrote:

I am planning to donate my Win 98 SE and have downloaded and burned
Darik Boot and Nuke disk eraser to a CD-R. In order to access the DBAN
application the PC must be booted from the CD_ROM.

I have not used the PC for many years and cannot remember (if I ever
knew) how to have the PC boot to the CD-ROM drive. I started the PC
and hit F1 which took me to Setup and from there I selected Boot and
saw that the CD-Rom was listed first so I selected it and hit Enter
and then exit. However, this is not apparently how one changes the
boot order,because when I start the PC it opens the Windows 98 SE
operating system in the normal fashion.

Can anysone assist this dummy?

Thanks to all responders. I have read the suggestions and have hit a
brick wall. Perhaps my inability to boot from the CD_ROM which
contains the DBAN application is that I do not know how to properly
change the boot order in the BIOS. I have been accessing the BIOS from
the Setup menu, but I have not found a way to have the CD_ROM boot
instead of Windows 98SE hard drive. There is no way to enable the
CD_ROM and disable the hard drive in the Setup Boot menu selections. I
have selected the CD-ROM and moved it to the top of the list and hit
F10 which is supposed to exit and save, but that does not work nor
does starting the PC with the CD_ROM in the drive.

Seems like you probably do have it set correctly - try Char's advice
elsethread to see if you can boot to a store-bought bootable CD (like a
Windows installation CD). If so, then the problem is the DBAN CD you
made is not bootable and needs to be re-burned.

Is there another way to access the BIOS where selections and
priorities can be made?

Depends on the make & model of PC. Some have windows based utilities
that can make BIOS settings changes.

--
Zaphod

The secret of flying is to hurl yourself to the ground, and miss.