Hi I'm new to this site I was hoping someone could help me.

I am trying to refomat my hard drive as I have a few problems and would like to start fresh.

My OS is windows XP home, I have backed up all data and I have been researching how to reformat a hard drive for a few weeks now. I'm sure I can do it but I am having trouble getting started.

I have changed the set up in BIOS to boot from a cd, when the computer is loading and the message "press any key to boot from cd" appears I press a key(well have have just about tried pressing every key) nothing happens it STILL boots into windows. What am I doing wrong?

I have all the disks and information needed to reformat my hard drive but I can't get the computer to boot from a cd.

Any suggestions on how to sort this problem out would be great.

ThanksWhat CD is this?check with ANOTHER bootable CD.If using a USB keyboard, maybe computer cannot see it at CD-ROM boot stage because USB legacy support not enabled in the BIOS setup. Try a PS/2 type to enable CD-ROM boot choice keypress and also to enable BIOS setup access.

PS/2 keyboards use this PLUG. PS/2 is an old IBM term and is NOTHING to do with Playstations!



thanks for listening

contrex thankyou very much I plugged my keyboard in properly(I had it plugged in through the usb as I usually use a wireless keyboard) and it all WORKED perfectly I now have a clean computer and hopefully no more problems.

This site is great now I know where to go if I have any more problems
ThanksQuote from: contrex on August 08, 2007, 02:50:32 AM

PS/2 keyboards use this plug. PS/2 is an old IBM term and is NOTHING to do with Playstations!