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CD Boot Up on XP
Name: AshTheIdiot Date: November 18, 2004 at 03:39:16 Pacific OS: XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 2.6Ghz, 1280mb RAM
Comment:
hi, can anyone tell me how to get my PC to boot up from the CD drive without changing the bios. i thought it was F8 but it doesn't seem to be an option! thanks!
Name: Misse Date: November 18, 2004 at 04:13:25 Pacific
Reply:
I always have my bios set up for booting from cd first. That way I can only "push any key to boot from cd" when I boot with a bootable cd inside. Otherwise it goes straight to HDD bootsector. :)
That´s the way!
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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS Date: November 18, 2004 at 05:31:59 Pacific
Reply:
You can only force a CD Boot from the BIOS. As Misse suggests, set the CD as first boot device. If there is no CD or a non-bootable CD in the drive the BIOS will go on and look for the second boot device which could be the Floppy. If there is no bootable floppy it will then go the the third boot device which hopefully should be the HD.
It will add a second or two to your boot times but saves having to change the BIOS every time you want to boot from something other than the HD.
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