mathews2010
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have no clue but vistas got many problems....when i try reinstalling a new copy of windows xp or vista it wont boot my cd... i dont even know how to erase my HDD to reinstall...can any1 help?
Can't boot a cd when running vista x64
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Hi Mathews,
Welcome to the forum.
Is the XP a recovery DVD (installable clone of hard drive), or a actual installation DVD?
Double check in you BIOS to see if it is set to boot from CD/DVD first.
You should be able to boot into the XP DVD and format the hard drive with it, then be able to proceed with installing XP.
Shawn
Welcome to the forum.
Is the XP a recovery DVD (installable clone of hard drive), or a actual installation DVD?
Double check in you BIOS to see if it is set to boot from CD/DVD first.
You should be able to boot into the XP DVD and format the hard drive with it, then be able to proceed with installing XP.
Shawn
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It shouldnt matter what OS you have, if your trying to boot from a CD then you dont boot the OS at all so its not a factor (i think).
When you turn on ur comp does it say anything saying "press this button to choose boot device" or similair? if it does then press the button and choose your CD/DVD drive.
If you dont have that option you probably have to change the setting in you BIOS, go into your BIOS by pressing whatever button it says when you turn on the computer (on my computer it is the delete key) and then look around in there until you find an options along the lines of boot device priorities or something similair and set the CD/DVD drive to be first then the Hard Drive to be second. But make sure you dont change anything else because you could screw something up.
When you turn on ur comp does it say anything saying "press this button to choose boot device" or similair? if it does then press the button and choose your CD/DVD drive.
If you dont have that option you probably have to change the setting in you BIOS, go into your BIOS by pressing whatever button it says when you turn on the computer (on my computer it is the delete key) and then look around in there until you find an options along the lines of boot device priorities or something similair and set the CD/DVD drive to be first then the Hard Drive to be second. But make sure you dont change anything else because you could screw something up.
My Computer
mathews2010
Banned
nothings working...finally i got xp on my computer but i want vista..and its got major issues like boot problems...any updates for this..i got an update for the control panel not showing up..but the boot...
My Computer
Mathews,
You should check to see if there is a new BIOS or Chipset Driver version available for your motherboard. Sometimes older motherboards will need a new BIOS flash to work properly with Vista.
Shawn
My Computers
System One System Two
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
-
- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy Y0F94AV
- CPU
- i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4-2133
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
- Sound Card
- Conexant ISST Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" UHD IPS touch
- Screen Resolution
- 3480 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 512 GB M.2 SSD
mathews2010
Banned
intel quad core (q6600) 226bw monitor, nvidia 8400 GS, 320 GB Seagate HDD, 2 GB G.Skill (DDR 2 800) and my mother board is a ASUS P5K LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard...
downloaded the newest chipset driver and updated my bios
downloaded the newest chipset driver and updated my bios