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Booting problem

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  • Started 4 months ago by vicsarcone
  • Latest reply from Xhi
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vicsarcone
Posts: 8

I cant boot my pc, it doesnt say to press any button? In bios i have done cd as primary boot.
Windows 7 Ultimate
Desktop

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Xhi
Xhi
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What does it do?

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vicsarcone
Posts: 8

It starts up windows normally

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Hermitt
Hermitt
Posts: 1310

Do you have a cd/dvd in the optical drive?

Jim

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Xhi
Xhi
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... and are you sure it is bootable. ...and in the correct drive if you have more than one.

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vicsarcone
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dvd , bootable

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Zagreus
Zagreus
Posts: 446

Check to see if your optical Drive is recognised.

Daveh.

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FredAnderson
FredAnderson
Posts: 4

Problem Solved vicsarcone? or you still facing the Non booting problem.

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vicsarcone
Posts: 8

still the non booting problem i dont get the exact answer

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Xhi
Xhi
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I am not convinced that your BIOS is set to boot from the CD drive. Also, there are some CD/DVD disks that boot without the prompt to press any key and look a lot like windows when starting. Did you let it complete?

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