I booted up my pc for the first time, and went to the bios and told it to boot from the cd drive. So then I put in the XP disc and rebooted but it doent say anything is detected, it goes to a screen saying the following "Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
btw this is a bootleg xp, but is that really the problem? I will go out and buy the XP but Im confused as to to if it is even a problem with the cd.
2006-10-02 10:15:29 · 7 answers · asked by Arif R 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Don't know if it is the CD or not. Will another computer boot to it? If not, it is the CD.
2006-10-02 10:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enter the CMOS setup by pressing F2 or Del keys usually as the PC is booting up. The CMOS setup has a section in which you tell it the boot order.
Set it to
CDROM,
then Floppy (removable devices),
then Hard drive.
Other things to check:-
Check CMOS setting to make sure all IDE interfaces are enabled and type set to Auto.
Check the CD drive's power cable, data cable.
Make sure there are no Master / Slave conflicts between the two devices on the data cable (a hard drive and the CD)
Is the CD bad? Try to boot up in a good system.
Is the CD drive bad? Check in another system that is working.
2006-10-02 17:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by Gentle Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is easy, i had this problem.... or not...... well anyway go into the motherboard settings (you should know its the thing when the computer start and it says its detecting the drives well look on the bottom and check which button to go to the motherboard settings) then go to the the boot section and check the list, the default goes like this: floppy, hdd(hard drive), then the cdrom. switch the hdd and the cdrom so that the cdrom is boot first then the hard drive which is hdd, which makes the order like this: floppy, cdrom, hdd. Make sure it is right then press Esc to quit and remember to save your settings. Note: If you are a beginner at setting up the motherboard, make sure you write down the things before you change them so if you messed up you can fix it.
2006-10-02 19:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Bootleg WinXP installs can be a problem. MS doesn't allow. You might get a few weeks out of it before it crashes. Recommend using Linux instead of Windoz.
I use Linux for all my email, web, office suite work. Plus I can watch DVD movies, listen to CD music, and do art work. I am currently using Ubuntu Linux on 2 computers. My wifi works just fine on my Toshiba notebook. Open Office from openoffice.org is a free office suite available for both Windoz and Linux and is MS Office compatable. I use Mozilla Thunderbird for email and Firefox for web browsing. They are safer than MS IE and OE.
The Ubuntu (Linux) forum has been a great help when I needed help.
Learning Linux has been a wonderful learning experience. The software is free for the most part.
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2006-10-02 17:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by James S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Installing Windows XP
http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_install.htm#filesystem
2006-10-02 17:22:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not going to work if it is not bootable.
Did you originally had windows XP on that Machine. Sometimes if you contact your manufacturer, they will send you a CD with Windows XP for about $10
Also if you are going to College, and need windows XP, you should be able to buy Windows XP for less price, students get discounts.
Good luck!!!
2006-10-02 17:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by IO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me like your bootleg CD isn't properly formatted to be bootable. I'd highly recommend getting a full licenced version - Microsoft is getting better at validating Windows versions, so you'll want to already be legal - they will flag you, it happened to one of my friends!
2006-10-02 17:19:50 · answer #7 · answered by qetyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋