Thread: boot from CDROM
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:35 AM
Rock
 
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Default Re: boot from CDROM

a wrote:

> Yes, I press DEL and have the access for BIOS. I have moved the CDROM boot
> as the first boot order and the harddisk is the last. But it still jump to
> the harddisk boot.
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> Thanks for your reply.
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> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D
> :%23rIJIIQEGHA.1584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>>In news:OhtqZYOEGHA.3404@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>>a <a@mail.com> had this to say:
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>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
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>>>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

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>>Depends on your PC. When you boot it should/might say something about

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>><key> to enter setup. Do so and change the boot order to boot to CD. If

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> it's
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>>not listed then try F2, ESC, and DEL (during/before POST) as those three

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>>the most common that I come across.
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>>--
>>Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>>http://dts-l.org/
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>>"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
>>which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
>>there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
>>Sherlock Holmes
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What if you remove everything else from the boot order but the CD?

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Rock
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