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That "press any key" message is on the CD, not the mobo. If you try a
different bootable CD, you may get a different message for booting, or it
may simply boot if there are no options on the CD.
Then there are some systems that, when you have a bootable cd in the drive,
pop up their own menu about where to boot from. But if you choose the XP cd,
you still see the "press any key" message and if you don't it boots from
whatever other drive is next.
What I find happens most often is that people read the "press any key"
message and take it as a command, and they dutifully press a key.
"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes John, but not all M/B's have that "Press Any Key To Boot From CD"
> function. I have worked on many older systems where you have to physically
> change the boot order after the first phase of the install.
>
> I figured that if a person saw that prompt they would know what to do.
> Maybe I am assuming too much (-:
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:eXolWe$iFHA.3568@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Richard when i do a new install i never take the CD out of the drive.
>> my procedure is Insert cd into cd-rom and reboot (assuming cd-rom is
>> first boot option). Message appears 'click any key to boot from cd' i
>> then click any key. Setup starts, loads files to memeory etc and then
>> message appears about pc having to reboot. I allow pc to reboot. Next
>> message is 'press any key to boot from cd' Don't touch anything leave
>> well alone. five or six dots appear after the 'press any key to boot to
>> cd' and then the windows GUI part of the installation begins.
>> For more details on installing xp along with illustrations visit my
>> website
http://www.xphelpandsupport.mvps.org click the win XP Faq button
>> and take a look at question 85
>>
>> --
>> John Barnett MVP
>> Associate Expert
>>
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> message news:OrcoVW%23iFHA.3472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> The first part of the install needs to boot from the Windows XP CD. When
>>> the installer tells you it is going to reboot in 15 seconds, remove the
>>> CD from the tray.
>>>
>>> The subsequent parts of the install need to boot from the hard drive.
>>> Most computer will do this automatically, unless you have gone into the
>>> computers bios and set the first boot device to be the CD. If you have
>>> done this, you will have to change it back to boot from the hard drive
>>> "after" the first part of the install has completed.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> Quote from: George Ankner
>>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>>
>>> "Ran278" <Ran278@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:BEF4242B-CA12-4C64-AEEF-D64A13A3A845@microsoft.com...
>>>>I been haveing trouble installing xp pro on my hard drive.
>>>> I am able to get through the windows install, computer reboots then
>>>> starts the process all over again starting from the blue screen.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried setting the cdrom as the first bootable drive but this does
>>>> not
>>>> do the trick.
>>>>
>>>> my pins are correct on my 160 gig drive. I don't know what else to
>>>> do...
>>>>
>>>> Please help...
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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