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MovedGoalPosts · 21-12-2004, 00:55

If your PC will not boot from an XP setup CD, you need to go into the BIOS and check the boot order. By default most PCs look to the HD first.

To enter the BOIS, very shortly after first switching the PC on, press the DEL key. On some PCs especially Dells it might be the F2 key (If the PC starts to try to load windows you are too late).

Be very careful what you change in here as it does upset settings. Simply toggle around with the keyboard arrow cursors until you find the boot order. Moving CD to the top, with HD second will enable a CD boot up. Save that, exit, and the PC will now reboot from CD (if you have one in there).

I do hope you had good backups of your data. That's the risk of playing with any of these utilities, when they don't go to plan.

I don't quite understand why, but I've always had an odd few MB left unuseable however I've partitioned drives.

21-12-2004, 00:55	#2
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Help - PC won't boot If your PC will not boot from an XP setup CD, you need to go into the BIOS and check the boot order. By default most PCs look to the HD first. To enter the BOIS, very shortly after first switching the PC on, press the DEL key. On some PCs especially Dells it might be the F2 key (If the PC starts to try to load windows you are too late). Be very careful what you change in here as it does upset settings. Simply toggle around with the keyboard arrow cursors until you find the boot order. Moving CD to the top, with HD second will enable a CD boot up. Save that, exit, and the PC will now reboot from CD (if you have one in there). I do hope you had good backups of your data. That's the risk of playing with any of these utilities, when they don't go to plan. I don't quite understand why, but I've always had an odd few MB left unuseable however I've partitioned drives.