Boot menu not showing cd driver??

[jc21_60]

Hello,
after clicking f12 for formatting the boot menu is not showing option 1 i.e; cd drive?? i have checked bios settings, still its giving he same problem & so i cant format my system with xp cd, plss help?? urgent

 

[canadian69]

Are we talking about setting the boot order in the system BIOS?

Is this a laptop or a PC? What make/model?

 

[505090]

does the drive show up in the bios, until it does it will not show up in the boot menu

try resetting the bios to fail safe defaults, make sure the drive are securely attached