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06-29-2009
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| | No Booting form DVD-Drive Hello! Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard controller)? Thanks Manfred |
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06-29-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Not really a Vista related question as any computer capable of running Vista will be capable of booting from DVD. If the machine is so old that the BIOS doesn't support booting from DVD, it isn't going to run Vista anyway. "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ee2svpN%23JHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello! > > Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? > > Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard > controller)? > > Thanks Manfred |
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06-29-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Hello again! Quote: > Not really a Vista related question as any computer capable of running > Vista will be capable of booting from DVD. boot from a DVD-Drive. The older computers are not that old: about 3 to 4 years, with CPUs faster than 3 GHz. But all of them failed to boot from an Install-DVD-ROM. But you could install Vista as a second operation system. But we did not try out yet a new DVD-Drive in an older computer, so we would have found out ourselves. That is why we asked to find out without testing it. Greetings Manfred Quote: > If the machine is so old that the BIOS doesn't support booting from DVD, > it isn't going to run Vista anyway. > > > "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:ee2svpN%23JHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hello! >> >> Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? >> >> Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard >> controller)? >> >> Thanks Manfred |
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06-29-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive My over three year old MOBO boots DVDs fine when I select the DVD drive as the primary boot drive in my BIOS. Does your BIOS not see the drive? And if it does are you sure that you can not in your BIOS select it as the primary (1ST) Boot device? "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBex46P#JHA.5040@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello again! > Quote: >> Not really a Vista related question as any computer capable of running >> Vista will be capable of booting from DVD. > Not quite! We tested it at work: only machines younger than a year could > boot from a DVD-Drive. > > The older computers are not that old: about 3 to 4 years, with CPUs faster > than 3 GHz. But all of them failed to boot from an Install-DVD-ROM. > But you could install Vista as a second operation system. > > But we did not try out yet a new DVD-Drive in an older computer, so we > would have found out ourselves. That is why we asked to find out without > testing it. > > Greetings Manfred > > > > Quote: >> If the machine is so old that the BIOS doesn't support booting from DVD, >> it isn't going to run Vista anyway. >> >> >> "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:ee2svpN%23JHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? >>> >>> Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard >>> controller)? >>> >>> Thanks Manfred |
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06-29-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Hello Curious! "Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:uU$4EdQ#JHA.1488@xxxxxx Quote: > My over three year old MOBO boots DVDs fine when I select the DVD drive as > the primary boot drive in my BIOS. Quote: > Does your BIOS not see the drive? Quote: > And if it does are you sure that you can not in your BIOS select it as the > primary (1ST) Boot device? no DVDs. And the DVD is all right, it boots in newer Computers. I was really surprised, that it does not function and it made me curious why. And until now, I did not find an answer in the net - that is why I asked here. Greetings Manfred |
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06-29-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Is the BIOS for your MOBO the most current? Do you have any problem playing DVDs using the drive? "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eM7AM4Q#JHA.1608@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello Curious! > > "Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:uU$4EdQ#JHA.1488@xxxxxx Quote: >> My over three year old MOBO boots DVDs fine when I select the DVD drive >> as the primary boot drive in my BIOS. Quote: >> Does your BIOS not see the drive? > Yes, it does see it! > > Quote: >> And if it does are you sure that you can not in your BIOS select it as >> the primary (1ST) Boot device? > Yes, I can and did select it as primary device. But only CDs can boot, but > no DVDs. > And the DVD is all right, it boots in newer Computers. > > I was really surprised, that it does not function and it made me curious > why. > And until now, I did not find an answer in the net - that is why I asked > here. > > Greetings Manfred > > |
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06-30-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Your statement: "We tested it at work: only machines younger than a year could boot from a DVD-Drive" is absolutely ***FALSE***. Lord, I have worked on literally hundreds of computers 4,5 even 6 years old that can boot from a CD or DVD disk easily. I will bet that those at work who tried to boot from the DVD had actually installed the DVD disk into a CD drive. Else they do not know what they are doing and are incapable of altering the computer bios to allow booting from an optical disk! -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBex46P%23JHA.5040@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello again! > Quote: >> Not really a Vista related question as any computer capable of running >> Vista will be capable of booting from DVD. > Not quite! We tested it at work: only machines younger than a year could > boot from a DVD-Drive. > > The older computers are not that old: about 3 to 4 years, with CPUs faster > than 3 GHz. But all of them failed to boot from an Install-DVD-ROM. > But you could install Vista as a second operation system. > > But we did not try out yet a new DVD-Drive in an older computer, so we > would have found out ourselves. That is why we asked to find out without > testing it. > > Greetings Manfred > > > > Quote: >> If the machine is so old that the BIOS doesn't support booting from DVD, >> it isn't going to run Vista anyway. >> >> >> "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:ee2svpN%23JHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? >>> >>> Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard >>> controller)? >>> >>> Thanks Manfred |
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06-30-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive It may be that the drives cannot read the particular type of DVD or CD and need firmware updates. Check for firmware updates for the drives on their manufacturers' sites. On 29/06/2009 17:55, Manfred Heuer wrote: Quote: > Hello! > > Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? > > Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard > controller)? > > Thanks Manfred |
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06-30-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive Your testing is flawed, PC's have been booting from CD/DVD drives for over 10 years now. "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uBex46P%23JHA.5040@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello again! > Quote: >> Not really a Vista related question as any computer capable of running >> Vista will be capable of booting from DVD. > Not quite! We tested it at work: only machines younger than a year could > boot from a DVD-Drive. > > The older computers are not that old: about 3 to 4 years, with CPUs faster > than 3 GHz. But all of them failed to boot from an Install-DVD-ROM. > But you could install Vista as a second operation system. > > But we did not try out yet a new DVD-Drive in an older computer, so we > would have found out ourselves. That is why we asked to find out without > testing it. > > Greetings Manfred > > > > Quote: >> If the machine is so old that the BIOS doesn't support booting from DVD, >> it isn't going to run Vista anyway. >> >> >> "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:ee2svpN%23JHA.1376@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> Why do older computers not boot from a DVD-Drive? >>> >>> Is it the DVD-Drive or the mainboard (with its BIOS or the onboard >>> controller)? >>> >>> Thanks Manfred |
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06-30-2009
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| | Re: No Booting form DVD-Drive HI Manfred. Quote: > Yes, I can and did select it as primary device. But only CDs can boot, but > no DVDs. still works - and the drive still spins. (Yes, it has happened to me.) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@xxxxxx Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100 "Manfred Heuer" <manfred_heuer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eM7AM4Q#JHA.1608@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello Curious! > > "Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:uU$4EdQ#JHA.1488@xxxxxx Quote: >> My over three year old MOBO boots DVDs fine when I select the DVD drive >> as the primary boot drive in my BIOS. Quote: >> Does your BIOS not see the drive? > Yes, it does see it! > > Quote: >> And if it does are you sure that you can not in your BIOS select it as >> the primary (1ST) Boot device? > Yes, I can and did select it as primary device. But only CDs can boot, but > no DVDs. > And the DVD is all right, it boots in newer Computers. > > I was really surprised, that it does not function and it made me curious > why. > And until now, I did not find an answer in the net - that is why I asked > here. > > Greetings Manfred |
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