I want to reboot my computer from an XP cd from CD room for reformat,what are the steps?

Question

Im trying to reformat my computer using an xp cd,so i tried to reboot from it using cd drive,but everytime i do this nothing happens,or the same thing happens.why? what should I do ? what are the proper steps ?

Answer 1

put the CD into the CD-ROM. Restart the computer. While the computer is starting up it will ask you to press any key to boot from CD. Press a key and your windows setup will begin.

Answer 2

I am just adding to Silents response, the bios key may also be F1, F2, Delete, when the computer first boots up a message will pop up asking you to press a " ?? " Key to enter setup. Look for that key to enter the BIOS, the BIOS is what tells the computer what to look for at boot, if the CD/DVD is set as secondary boot device the Windows XP boot Cd will not have a chance to boot, rather the Hard drive will fire up the pre-installed Operating system. So, make sure in your BIOS the CD/DVD player is set as a Primary Boot device. When exiting the BIOS make sure to Exit and SAVE,......

Answer 3

First step is to make sure that your computers BIOS is set-to boot from CDROM drive. The exact procedure is drastically different for different BIOSes. The general procedure is:
1. At computer power-on, press the key combination that allows you Enter the BIOS settings screens. Typically its DEL or F2. It can also be F1, F10 or others.
2. In BIOS settings, look for options that says "Boot Sequence".
3. Set the Boot sequence to boot from CDROM first, then HDD.
4. Insert the XP CD into the CDROM drive.
5. Save the BIOS settings and exit.
6. This should restart the PC and the BIOS will attempt to load the OS from the WinXP CD first, giving you the option to format the PC and reinstall.

Answer 4

Go to Bios. Set the computer to boot from CD rom. Insert the XP disc and follow the steps. Note, Reformatting will delete all the data on the hard drive if you have any
Good Luck!

Answer 5

hmm here u go
1.insert your copy of xp
2.when screen appears press exit
3.reboot your machine
4.as soon as ur pc starts go into ur bios settings u could do tht by either pressing DELETE or ESC when ur in go into ur BIOS boot device and set ur first boot device into CD ROM save and exit ur pc will reboot
4.when prompted"press any key to boot from cd"
5.when windows has loaded the first lot of info you will see a installation screen...you will be able to format,partiton(split your drive into 2),and delete partitions,you can also change your file system (fat32 or ntfs),just take your time,theres no rush,in this case u only need to clean format ur C partition and continue with instalation
6.once you have finished no.
5 select the drive you want to put windows xp on and press enter
7.windows will now load,then you will be asked for your product key,and will be asked to set time and date
8.sit back now and make a cup of tea
9.windows will reboot a few times during installation and after the final time you will hear the "windows welcome music"and will be asked a few simple questions,once you have done this press enter
10.once you have your desktop,install your drivers,and also your anti-virus ansd anti-spyware
11.go to windows update and download any updates that are ready for you
12.if you want,activate your copy(allthough you have 30 days to do this)
13.install your broadband software(or modem driver)
14.go on-line and update your security defenitions
15.you are ready to go
this is the way i install windows xp ,and i have never had any problems
good luck

Answer 6

You may have to go into the BIOS and enable your PC to boot from CD or if already enabled, change it so it is the first device to boot from (it's usually the hard drive that the PC boots from first now).

Save your changes and reboot and you should see the Press any key to boot from CD...
message, so press any key and the process to install windows xp will start.

Answer 7

confirm that the bios is desperate besides from cd rom, Then once you restart it is going to boot from cd, If no longer then the two the cd isn't a bootable cd or something is incorrect with the cd roms.

Answer 8

first check that ur disc is bootable or not if yes then>...........
restart ur pc
goto bios setting by pressing DEL key while restarting
click on "bios feature"(similar to this) & see there is a option of
FIRST BOOT DEVICE click on that & select CD ROM
then again restart the pc it will ask u for booting if u want to boot then follow the instruction there