just formated a pc .. it loaded fine restarts fine if u leave the cd in the rom if u take it out it says boot failure. i change roms still the same i reset the cmos ,chnage boot options still the same . some 1 got an awnser?
2006-07-02 14:17:34 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Maybe something didn't load right in the master boot record. If it's XP, boot to the CD and go into the Recovery Console and type in fixmbr
See if that helps.
2006-07-02 14:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by GirlsCanBeGeeks2 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what you mean by cmos but go into the BIOS and change the boot option. First should be Floppy Drive, the Hard Drive Disk, then your CD Drive.
2006-07-02 21:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by nighthawk_842003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the o/s CD in the drive it will boot to the desktop? odd that it would do that. usually with the CD in it will try to install another copy of the o/s. try doing it again, but this time delete the primary partition and create a new primary partition, then format and install the o/s. if that doesnt help change the hard drive
2006-07-02 21:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by medic391 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem, some boards just can't load the OS from your HDD if your boot up settings are like CD-ROM, C, NETWORK (in that particular order) you have to change it to C, CD-ROM, NETWORK for example, these settings worked for me.
2006-07-02 21:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by Culebrin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u said that u have formated the pc, so u don't have an operating system installed to boot in
and u have the required files for booting in the CD
2006-07-02 21:21:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said you formated the disk.
1 Did you systemize your c drive. because if you dont have COMMAND.COM on your C drive thats why it is failing.
At a dos prompt type sys c:\ with your CDor if you have floppy which is boot-able in your drive.
2006-07-03 06:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by Joe_Young 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋