So are you saying that I'd have to disconnect the CD drive so that the only
optical drive is the DVD drive? Because it looks at the CD, which has no
media, then the HD. I guess if I do that, I'll have to hook the CD drive back
up after reinstall so the system will pick it up.
Thsi is a PIA to not be able to just reinstall from the DVD drive directly
(it's an upgrade DVD). Thia Vista install has worked perfectly until a couple
of days ago.
"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
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> "dnelms" <dnelms@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:456A4EDD-E4C1-4941-AD9A-9222F58D4185@xxxxxx Quote:
> > 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?
> >
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> 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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