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Joe
Can any one explain to me as simply as possible how to
boot my computer from a cd please.
boot my computer from a cd please.
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Hi,
Two things must exist:
a) The CD itself must be written as a bootable item. A retail Win98 CD is
not a bootable disk, but some generic and OEM installation disks are.
b) The pc BIOS must support booting from a CD. Not all do, particularly in
older (pre-1998) systems.
If both of the above are true, then booting from the CD is simply a matter
of setting the boot order in the system BIOS for the CD ahead of the hard
drive, exit saving changes. Then insert the CD and restart the system.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
Two things must exist:
a) The CD itself must be written as a bootable item. A retail Win98 CD is
not a bootable disk, but some generic and OEM installation disks are.
b) The pc BIOS must support booting from a CD. Not all do, particularly in
older (pre-1998) systems.
If both of the above are true, then booting from the CD is simply a matter
of setting the boot order in the system BIOS for the CD ahead of the hard
drive, exit saving changes. Then insert the CD and restart the system.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Additional notes: I mentioned a Win98 disk is not bootable, I had meant that
as an example of a non-bootable disk, but failed to complete the thought in
writing. A retail WinXP disk IS bootable. In these cases, it is merely
dependent on the system BIOS.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
as an example of a non-bootable disk, but failed to complete the thought in
writing. A retail WinXP disk IS bootable. In these cases, it is merely
dependent on the system BIOS.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
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Guest
Thanks Rick,
Took me a while to figure out how to do what You said,but
when i figured it out,no problem. It did not sort out the
problem i hoped it would but at least i now know how to
boot up from disc.
Thanks again Rick, Joe
Took me a while to figure out how to do what You said,but
when i figured it out,no problem. It did not sort out the
problem i hoped it would but at least i now know how to
boot up from disc.
Thanks again Rick, Joe