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David333
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I'm trying to reinstall XP and have my XP disk to hand. I've tried going into the BIOS and setting it to boot from CD drive first, but it just seems to look at the CD then boot from the hard drive normally. Is there anything obvious I'm doing wrong...? Thank you!

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  • Banacek
    Banacek Posts: 94 Forumite
    Have you pressed a key when prompted to boot from CD?
  • David333
    David333 Posts: 743 Forumite
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    Banacek wrote: »
    Have you pressed a key when prompted to boot from CD?


    This was what I did: changed BIOS settings; started laptop normally; put XP disk in then restarted... . It just restarted normally rather than prompting me to boot from CD or actually booting from it... .
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    What laptop is it as sometimes you have to access the boot menu either by pressing F10 or F12 when booting up (F key depends on make of laptop you have) then choosing to boot from CD and then when asked press a key to boot from CD rom.

    Are you sure the CD is bootable though?
  • -TangleFoot-
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    You created the disc with nLite, yes? Did you burn the image properly? If there's a gigantic .ISO file on the disc you need to do it again.
  • PsiDOC
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    CD or CD rom drive is on the way out. Is it a copy CD? If so use an original CD.
    If not. Look into booting from a USB flash drive or use a USB CD Rom.

    Psi
    Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground.
    Where an old man of Aran goes around and around....

  • David333
    David333 Posts: 743 Forumite
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    -TangleFoot- wrote: »
    You created the disc with nLite, yes? Did you burn the image properly? If there's a gigantic .ISO file on the disc you need to do it again.

    Yeah, I burnt it properly. I've also tried the same thing with an original XP disk so I don't think it's my disk... .
  • David333
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    diable wrote: »
    What laptop is it as sometimes you have to access the boot menu either by pressing F10 or F12 when booting up (F key depends on make of laptop you have) then choosing to boot from CD and then when asked press a key to boot from CD rom.

    Are you sure the CD is bootable though?

    It's a Thinkpad T20. I've tried resetting the BIOS, also pressing F12... . Should I put the CD in after pressing F12 or before...?
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    edited 18 June 2009 at 9:00PM
    IBM I think its either F12 or the access key, a menu should appear and you can choose the device to boot from, put the CD in before you boot up as its easier. Let us know if you get this menu up.
  • David333
    David333 Posts: 743 Forumite
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    diable wrote: »
    IBM I think its either F12 or the access key, a menu should appear and you can choose the device to boot from, put the CD in before you boot up as its easier. Let us know if you get this menu up.

    Excitingly it works: thank you...!
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    David333 wrote: »
    Excitingly it works: thank you...!
    Glad to have been able to help.
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