Hi,

The first part, verifying the DMI data pool, is just a function of the
system BIOS and has nothing to do with the problem. The problem is the boot
sector, it is either corrupt or is not being recognized, so the boot strap
is passing to the third boot item (the CD drive). Sometimes, running an
fixboot from the Recovery Console will resolve this.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> During the boot sequence it says verifing DMI pool data and then it says
> boot
> from CD. If my XP home edition is not in the drive it says boot failure.
> Why
> does this happen? I checked my advanced bios setup and the first boot
> device
> is my floppy then my HD and then the cdrom. How do I make this go away
> because it is very annoying.