Booting from a CD.

[WillPostForFood]

This is not programming, but this section im sure would know what im talking about. Unlike general.

Im trying to boot a XP disk. But for some reason it wont do it. I looked in the BIOS and i have it set up so the boot order starts with the Cd drive. Im dumbfounded as of why it wont boot from the disk.

Anyone got a suggestion? :\

[1337er-than-you]

That's strange...Are you trying to boot from a Windows CD?

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 01:40 AM, 1337er-than-you wrote: That's strange...Are you trying to boot from a Windows CD?

Yes, its a Windows XP installation disk. In the past I have been able to easily boot from similar to identical copies. This time, no luck.

[1337er-than-you]

When you booted up did you hit f4 or whatever and set "Boot by disK" ?

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 02:46 AM, 1337er-than-you wrote: When you booted up did you hit f4 or whatever and set "Boot by disK" ?

You mean the bios? Yes.

[adam2510]

seach it on the windows site it will have a list of things you need to do to get it to boot up

[Jessii]

At 4/17/07 10:29 AM, WillPostForFood wrote: You mean the bios? Yes.

If you were able to do it in the past and can't do it now, then there may be something wrong with the actual disk.

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 11:08 AM, Jessii wrote:

At 4/17/07 10:29 AM, WillPostForFood wrote: You mean the bios? Yes.

If you were able to do it in the past and can't do it now, then there may be something wrong with the actual disk.

Let me rephrase. Ive done it in the past, on other computers.

[Jessii]

At 4/17/07 12:04 PM, WillPostForFood wrote: Let me rephrase. Ive done it in the past, on other computers.

With XP or a different version?

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 01:38 PM, Jessii wrote:

At 4/17/07 12:04 PM, WillPostForFood wrote: Let me rephrase. Ive done it in the past, on other computers.

With XP or a different version?

With XP. :\

[Jessii]

At 4/17/07 01:39 PM, WillPostForFood wrote: With XP. :\

And why exactly are you trying to do this again?

The cd boot but like I said, maybe it's a bad disk. Also, does the drive actually work when you boot normally or maybe it's what's having the problem?

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 01:44 PM, Jessii wrote:

At 4/17/07 01:39 PM, WillPostForFood wrote: With XP. :\

And why exactly are you trying to do this again?

The cd boot but like I said, maybe it's a bad disk. Also, does the drive actually work when you boot normally or maybe it's what's having the problem?

Im trying to format :C. thats whyy. Yeah it works normal.

[elbekko]

Err, sorry for the question, but is it a copied CD? :P

[WillPostForFood]

At 4/17/07 01:56 PM, elbekko wrote: Err, sorry for the question, but is it a copied CD? :P

Yes :P. But ive used disks with the same ISO image before on other computers.

[Jessii]

At 4/17/07 02:53 PM, WillPostForFood wrote: Yes :P. But ive used disks with the same ISO image before on other computers.

Ah! That might be your problem. It doesn't matter if it's the same ISO, it can still have been corrupted.

[JoeyNukes]

But you have your boot priorities set for booting from the disc first and hardrive second?

[RageOfOrder]

When you burn a copy of the disc, it's quite easy to do it wrong. If you burned the image onto what nero calls a bootable disc, it won't work. You have to burn the image as is, with the image burning wizard, or it won't work.

Blame the disc. Get a new copy. Life goes on.