thx, dennis. but it's not that simple. i guess i should have mentioned that
i already tried all the obvious stuff. hell, i even physically disconnected
the cd-rom drive.

but, please, keep 'em coming!


"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> reset boot order to HD first
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Evan" wrote:
>
>> yeah, i know, it's weird one. i have this one pc (dell optiplex 150) at
>> work. i formatted the drive with my wxp sp2 cd, the one i use on all my
>> systems. xp installs and loads just fine. then, when i take out the
>> install
>> cd, i get a bios error (f1 to retry boot). but, if i boot with the
>> install
>> cd in and let the 'press any key to boot from cd' pass, windows boots
>> fine.
>>
>> this happens with multiple hd's in this system. i've tried both cable
>> select
>> and master. and yes, the bios is the latest. (hmmm...maybe this should be
>> under hardware...)
>>
>> can anyone figure wtf might be going on?
>>
>> btw, the exact same thing happens with ubuntu linux on this pc. and also
>> btw, this really is the same cd i always use to install xp without any
>> problem.
>>
>> tia
>>
>>
>>