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Will not boot from C drive or CD
Name: robbyw57 Date: April 14, 2009 at 13:48:01 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
Will not boot from C drive or CD with the 'Winows' CD in it.
Name: wanderer Date: April 14, 2009 at 14:45:25 Pacific
Reply:
that is a statement not a question. what information can you provide?
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: April 14, 2009 at 14:56:17 Pacific
Reply:
It isn't supposed to boot to the CD automatically. You need to first have the boot order in the BIOS set to CD before hard drive. Then watch the screen for a message to hit any key to boot from the CD. Hit the space bar at that time.
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Response Number 3
Name: robbyw57 Date: April 18, 2009 at 14:09:47 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Thanks for the help, but I've formatted the 'C' drive and started putting every thing back on.
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