im trying to install windows vista, i went into cmos and told it to boot from the cdrom instead of the floppy, anywho i did that, then it boot right, but i got this: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER, now thats not something i like to see at all, in my past ive ran across that and found out my hard drive "bit the dust" any suggestions? should i switch the IDE cables, is it a bad cdrom? is the hard disk bad? give me your thoughts about what you think is wrong?
2006-08-06 09:48:05 · 7 answers · asked by ♥ Crystal C ♥ 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
i dont have a floppy disk drive in it, cus im not booting from one
2006-08-06 09:56:12 · update #1
yeah its windows vista beta 2
2006-08-06 09:57:24 · update #2
couldnt tell ya. i hate messing with computers
2006-08-06 09:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hate to rain on anyone's parade, but there are still too many problems with Vista. It's in Beta 2 and some gurus in PCWorld, etc. are saying it might even go in Beta 3 testing.
Wait until it's been released to the general public before messing with it. And where did you get the CD-ROM? From somebody who tried to copy it from some unknown freeware site? That might be the problem right there.
2006-08-06 17:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by Angry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Vista? FLoppy?
Sounds like you are trying to run Beta testing on old hardware. Check the requirements of Vista against your system. I bet it is years out of date.
2006-08-06 16:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a floppy disk in your floppy drive.
Also, it occurs to me that setting the boot sequence to boot from the CD is ok, except that the CD drive isn't readable yet until the CD driver is installed. I don't think the computer can see the CD drive yet.
2006-08-06 16:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the DVD is burned correctly if it doesn't boot thats the only reason why it wouldn't you can always mount the image file in 3rd party DVD emulation software such as Daemon Toolz and go through the installation starting out in your current OS. Clean the DVD first, Make sure its burned correctly 2nd, 3rd try 3rd party tools such as Daemon Toolz to get it installed
2006-08-06 16:54:38 · answer #5 · answered by fa2a38 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you have a bad install CD. Don't worry though, it didn't kill your hard drive. Make the install CD again, but this time, make sure it is bootable.
2006-08-06 16:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by mehhhh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What PC do you have? If you can give me the configuration i could help you.
2006-08-06 16:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by button_kro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋