Wednesday, December 10, 2008

unable to boot from windows cd ??

generally , when we want to reinstall or repair windows , we have to restart the system after putting the cd rom inside. but there are cases when we may not be able to get the message " press any key to boot from cd " after restarting and the computer simply restarts normally without entering the windows setup menu. in such cases we have to follow a simple procedure . after pressing restart , we have to enter the BIOS by pressing the right key (the key for entering the bios is generally shown automatically in the initial stages of starting the computer.) after entering the bios we have to enter the option of BOOT . here we have to disable all boot devices other than the cd drive in which the windows cd rom has been placed( only thta cd drive has to be left enabled). after that you have to exit the bios by SAVING THE CHANGES.
after exiting , the comp retarts on it's own and this time it will boot from the cd and enter the windows setup menu.

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