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Can't boot from ophcrack live cd
Name: scuzzywuzzy Date: July 5, 2007 at 11:15:19 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional S CPU/Ram: 1.7Ghz/256MB Product: eMachines/Imperial
Comment:
Hi i got ophcrack for friend wanted to try it out but when i boot from CD nothing happens and boots from HD.In BIOS on devices i can't find cd theres HD and everything else is on AUTO is the cd not bootable or is it the bios?Please help.
Name: max00 Date: July 5, 2007 at 11:38:23 Pacific
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I doubt 'very much' that the CD is bootable.
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Response Number 2
Name: scuzzywuzzy Date: July 5, 2007 at 11:40:50 Pacific
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so...how do i make it bootable?
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Response Number 3
Name: max00 Date: July 5, 2007 at 11:47:29 Pacific
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Just in case the CD 'is' bootable, the first thing you have to do is change the bios settings so the cdrom drive is first in the boot sequence.
I don't know what you meant by 'auto'. I've never seen that in the boot sequence settings, but if it is there, I don't think it will work.
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Response Number 4
Name: Sci-Guy Date: July 5, 2007 at 17:58:25 Pacific
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During the boot sequence, you'll see "Press any key to boot from CD" (or words to that effect), at the bottom of your screen. It appears for an indecently short period of time, so it's easy to miss. If you don't press a key within the limited time allowed, the machine will continue on to booting from the hard drive.
Of course, this is all dependent on your BIOS allowing you to boot from CD. Like max00, I've never seen an "Auto" setting in the boot order. Are you sure you're looking in the right section of the BIOS?
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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Response Number 5
Name: scuzzywuzzy Date: July 5, 2007 at 23:29:02 Pacific
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I don't see Press any key to boot from CD and this CD contains SLAX and it includes ophcrack and AUTO means the BIOS auto detects you drives.I tried booting from MS-DOS startup disk and typing d: but it won't allow me says Invalid drive.
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Response Number 6
Name: Sci-Guy Date: July 6, 2007 at 01:57:16 Pacific
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Auto detecting the drives/devices just lets your computer "see" the devices, it doesn't set the boot order. Boot order is in another page of your BIOS screen. You need to look through your BIOS for the boot order settings.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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Response Number 7
Name: scuzzywuzzy Date: July 9, 2007 at 10:53:06 Pacific
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I can press esc then i get boot menu (cd-rom,hdd floppy eg.)i select cd-rom reads cd then reads floppy then boots from HDD and i got virtual pc got freedos and booted in to safe mode(on freedos)it was already on cd so i made virtual pc read ophcrack booted fine but i got SYSTEM HALTED while booting?scuzzy wuzzy
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