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Answer» Hey my name is Luis im new here and after an extensive one hr search on the forums i didnt find my topic so i decided to post one. Im having problems getting the Boot from cd screen, I have the Bios boot options to boot from cd and the Windows Xp home edition is bootable but that screen doesnt come out and without that i dont know :-? how to REINSTALL my xp erasing all in my harddisk, cause my computer is having alot of problems and ive runed like 3 antivisus they take out viruses but i keep getting windows errors can SOMEONE PLZ help (im desprate) thx to anyone who tryes atleast to help me.Is it a genuine Windows CD that says "Microsoft" all over it? If not, what does it say on it?Do you get a prompt to Press any key to boot from CD?Well it is an original booting windows cd cause ive used it before, and that is the problem i dont get the press anykey to boot from cd. And the bios is set to boot from cd i dont understand :-/ Quote Is it a genuine Windows CD that says "Microsoft" all over it? If not, what does it say on it?It is Genuin Windows Xp home edition bought it at CompUSADo you have any other bootable CD's you can test with? You can download and BURN Slax. It is relatively small. http://www.slax.org/Try cleaning it gently with a lint-free cloth and double check your BIOS settings...Well it works on one computer but not the other i can open it but cannot boot it and on my first computer i can boot it i dont get itI don't either...have you tried another bootable CD on the machine this does not work on ? ? It could be that CD drive takin a dump. patio. 8-)Well i have low resources so i CANT afford to buy another Home edition Cd cause the computer does read the cd but when i restart to boot it up from cd the Boot from cd screen neveer appears and all bios settings are ok ive double cheked and tripple checkedI didn't say buy anything all i said was try another bootable CDOhhh ok sorry then how really apreciate ur time thanxAre you re-booting the computer with the disk in or just restarting Windows?Well i do wat ive done before put the cd in and restart the computer. hitting start shut down restart with the cd in |
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