T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Jan 22, 2011 #1 I cannot get my system to go into boot options to change booting options so I can start windows xp
rolli59 Titan Oct 27, 2007 47,790 283 130,890 Jan 22, 2011 #2 Can you get into BIOS? Upvote 0 Downvote
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Jan 22, 2011 #3 rolli59 : Can you get into BIOS? It won't let me into it...keeps telling me to put in a disc and hit any key when ready then does nothing Upvote 0 Downvote
rolli59 : Can you get into BIOS? It won't let me into it...keeps telling me to put in a disc and hit any key when ready then does nothing
rolli59 Titan Oct 27, 2007 47,790 283 130,890 Jan 22, 2011 #4 Reset your BIOS to defaults, pull out the motherboard battery for a minute and stick it back in! Upvote 0 Downvote
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Jan 24, 2011 #5 I did that....no luck Upvote 0 Downvote
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Jan 24, 2011 #6 no I can get into boot options but it won't boot at all...not sure how to configure my boot options Upvote 0 Downvote
rolli59 Titan Oct 27, 2007 47,790 283 130,890 Jan 24, 2011 #7 So are you trying to boot a windows from a HDD? Select HDD with windows as a first boot device! the rest does not matter. If you are trying to boot up from CD to install windows? Select optical drive as first device. Upvote 0 Downvote
So are you trying to boot a windows from a HDD? Select HDD with windows as a first boot device! the rest does not matter. If you are trying to boot up from CD to install windows? Select optical drive as first device.
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Jan 24, 2011 #8 would that be cd/dvd option on bios screen? Upvote 0 Downvote
rolli59 Titan Oct 27, 2007 47,790 283 130,890 Jan 24, 2011 #9 Yes cd/dvd is optical. Upvote 0 Downvote
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Feb 1, 2011 #10 now it says it cannot detect a hard drive on my system..this is a new hard drive...??? Upvote 0 Downvote
T thomstone Distinguished Jan 22, 2011 7 0 18,510 Feb 1, 2011 #11 when I try to install os..it says there is no hard drive..I have a new hdd that was just installed???? Upvote 0 Downvote
when I try to install os..it says there is no hard drive..I have a new hdd that was just installed????