Cannot boot from DVD drive

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Alan T

I want to reinstall XP but the DVD drive cannot boot up the CD.
I have set the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive but it did not work, what else
can I do?
 
Alan T said:
I want to reinstall XP but the DVD drive cannot boot up the CD.
I have set the BIOS to boot from CDROM drive but it did not work, what
else
can I do?
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Replace the drive?
Jim
 
Hi,

Just wonder can I boot by using the Win98 setup disk to boot into DOS mode
then run the WinXP setup.exe?
 
You can watch for the message that says "press any key to boot from CD"
the "any" key is the one on the lowest left side of keyboard
peter
 
Alan said:
Hi,

Just wonder can I boot by using the Win98 setup disk to boot into DOS
mode then run the WinXP setup.exe?
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See below

Start quote (from setupxp.htm)*************

How do I install Windows from the command prompt?
If your computer will not boot from a CD, you can still use the Windows XP
Setup floppy disks to start Setup. During Setup, you will be prompted to
insert the Windows XP CD. For more information, see "Create boot disks."

Otherwise, you can use a Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition Startup
disk to start the computer, and then run Winnt.exe from the i386 folder of
your Windows XP CD.

1.. The Smartdrv.exe tool will speed up the process of copying files from
the CD to your hard drive. To use the Smartdrv.exe tool, make sure the
Smartdrv.exe file is present on the startup disk.
If you do not have Smartdrv.exe, file copying will take much longer but it
can still be done successfully. Verify that the following entries exist in
the following files on your startup disk; add the entries if they do not
already exist:

In Autoexec.bat, add this line:

smartdrv.exe

In Config.sys, add this line:

device=himem.sys

Note: For information about modifying the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat
files, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 232558.

2.. Insert the startup disk into your computer's floppy drive, and restart
the computer.
3.. When the DOS prompt appears (it looks like this: C:>), type the
following lines, pressing ENTER after each one. Substitute the drive letter
of your CD-ROM drive for the letter D, if yours is different.
D:

cd \i386

winnt

When Setup begins, follow the prompts on your screen.

end quote*******************
 
Alan said:
Sorry, I don't see the
"press any key to boot from CD"
when booting into BIOS.
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You must ensure that in your BIOS you have things set to boot *first* from
your DVD drive.

After that - you must have your original Windows XP CD (or a known bootable
copy) - not a Recovery/Restoration CD/DVD in that drive.

Then - when you power up - watch for the "Press any key to Boot from CD..."
words and do so.

If you never see the words, then you either do not have the BIOS set
correctly, you do not have an actual Windows XP CD (or you have a copy that
was not made bootable) or something is wrong with either the CD itself or
the DVD drive you are attempting to utilize.
 
I think that's the CD problem because I got my Vista CD bootable and install
when machine starts up.
 
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