Boot from CD

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You need to enter setup and set the boot order to Floppy, CD drive, Hard
Drive. If the hard drive has a higher order than the cd the system will
never boot from the cd.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
"gieseral" <gieseral@cox.net> wrote in message
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> In order to get access to my 16bit apps MS Support tells me to first boot
> from my XP cd. Except they won't tell me how to do that. Something to do
> with the BIOS I gather. Any and all help greatly appreciated.
>

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Visit my website http://freespace.virgin.net/john.freelanceit/index.htm
Click on the Win XP Faq button and take a look at question 13 'How do i
enable cd-rom support in the bios'
Hopefully that will give you the insight you need.

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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.freelanceit/index.htm

"gieseral" <gieseral@cox.net> wrote in message
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> In order to get access to my 16bit apps MS Support tells me to first boot
> from my XP cd. Except they won't tell me how to do that. Something to do
> with the BIOS I gather. Any and all help greatly appreciated.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

In news:%23rjhNey%23EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
gieseral <gieseral@cox.net> typed:

> In order to get access to my 16bit apps MS Support tells me to
> first
> boot from my XP cd. Except they won't tell me how to do that.
> Something to do with the BIOS I gather. Any and all help
> greatly
> appreciated.


You need to set the boot oder to CD first in the BIOS setup
program. Then put the CD in the drive and reboot.
How to get into your BIOS depends, not on Windows, but on what
motherboard/BIOS you have. As a matter of fact, you have to
access the BIOS before Windows even starts to boot. One common
way is to press the Del key when you first power on, but that's
not necessarily right for your computer. Watch the screen
carefully when you first boot; there's often a message there
telling you what to do. If not, check your system documentation
or check with your vendor.

Also look here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

Or just try the Del key. There's a good chance that's correct for
you.


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