In news:OhtqZYOEGHA.3404@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
a <a@mail.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I would like to boot the system from CDROM.
> I have put my W2K server installation disk in CDROM and set the CDROM
> as the first priority to boot.
> I expect the system will prompt me to press any key to boot from
> CDROM, but it doesnt.
> It just go straight to the harddisk boot, the installed WinXP.
> How can I fix it?
> Thanks

Depends on your PC. When you boot it should/might say something about press
<key> to enter setup. Do so and change the boot order to boot to CD. If it's
not listed then try F2, ESC, and DEL (during/before POST) as those three are
the most common that I come across.

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