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re: XP pro Boot floppies
Friday, May 14, 2004 at 2:04 pm
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Posted by Andrew Thomson (3 messages posted)


Sorry, I should have said. The Bios settings were the first thing I checked and has the CD drive as the first Boot attempt. Having said this it does not appear to boot to CD at all, it just carries on as if no CD was in the drive


On Friday, May 14, 2004 at 2:01 pm, jcw wrote:
>You haven't said what happens (or not) when you try to boot with your WXP CD, but
>I am wondering if your BIOS is set to recognize your CD drive as the first bootable
>device. Consult your computer materials about that BIOS setting and how to set it.
> You get into your BIOS settings by pressing, or repeatedly pressing, a keyboard
>key - usually "delete" - as the computer boots up until the BIOS setup or settings
>screen comes up.
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Written in response to:
re: XP pro Boot floppies (jcw: Friday, May 14, 2004 at 2:01 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: XP pro Boot floppies (jcw: Friday, May 14, 2004 at 6:31 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-XP pro Boot floppies (Andrew Thomson: Fri, May 14, 2004, 12:40 pm)
-re: XP pro Boot floppies (jcw: Fri, May 14, 2004, 2:01 pm)
-re: XP pro Boot floppies (Andrew Thomson: Fri, May 14, 2004, 2:04 pm)
*re: XP pro Boot floppies (jcw: Fri, May 14, 2004, 6:31 pm)
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