If the drives are IDE, set the DVD drive as master.
On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:24:13 -0700, dnelms
<dnelms@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>I'd like thank everyone for their comments and advice. My DVD drive is fine,
>plays, reads etc. I've tried changing BIOS settings, changing setup as it
>goes thru POST, etc. Nothing works to get this boot. I'm going to just pop
>the machine open tonight and disconnect the CD so the DVD will be the only
>optical drive found. Thanks again.
>
>"dnelms" wrote:
> 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?
>>