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Old 10-06-2008   #2 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP
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Re: Making the DVD ROm drive the Boot drive?

"dnelms" <dnelms@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've got to reinstall Vista. My only BIOS settings are CD-ROM, no option
> for
> DVD drive. Bios is latest avaliable. Is my only option to open the case
> and
> disconnect the CD-drive? I assume that then the BIOS would see the DVD
> drive
> as a CD drive and boot the DVD from that?
>

It doesn't matter.. If you set CD first, it scans for whatever optical drive
is fitted and has bootable media in the tray..


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