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10-07-2008
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| | Re: Making the DVD ROm drive the Boot drive? 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? >> |
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10-08-2008
| #12 (permalink) |
| | Re: Making the DVD ROm drive the Boot drive? Once Check Out With Ur Jumper Settings And Also The Cables |
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11-08-2008
| #13 (permalink) |
| | Re: Making the DVD ROm drive the Boot drive? Does the BIOS show two "CD-ROM" drives, even though one is actually the DVD? Most BIOS's can list several "boot" devices; so if you try "CDROM" as Device 1 and CDROM as Device 2 and then "Hard disk" as device 3, this might prompt the system to properly check the DVD for bootable media. Maybe you need to rededect the drives. How are they configured e.g. is the DVD the secondary Master or Primary Slave? Maybe swapping them around - make the DVD Secondary Master, and CDROM Secondary Slave, with the HDD as Primary Master? "dnelms" <dnelms@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EC9A9776-297C-451A-89B5-7793BA9C2B5B@xxxxxx 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? >> |
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