My computer is old and it won't allow me to boot from cd-rom on the bios. I'm able to choose it as an option but it will not detect my cd. It is not reading my cd-rom. Is their any floppy boot disk downloads that can make it detect both my cd-rom and cd
2007-09-20 06:56:51 · 3 answers · asked by Ben 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You may have to fiddle with it. Put DOS on it and mscdex.exe, and see if you can arrange to boot d:/
http://www.bootdisk.com
Then again, it may be time to retire the old beast.
2007-09-20 07:03:06 · answer #1 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the adventure that your bios is desperate up, than it won't be able to be the computer. What are you attempting besides off of? perhaps that is not any longer bootable. attempt putting a disc you recognize is bootable, like your OS deploy disc. If it boots, than the disc you have been attempting besides with earlier, isn't bootable, or its broken. If no longer something will boot your CD force must be undesirable.
2016-10-19 05:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the /Utilities folder of many Linux distros, there are a boot and root image.
Also, Tom's Root And Boot is very similar.
Computers of even newer vintage being available really cheap at thrift and garage sales, many of us strip those out, and trash the rest. then we build up a really competent system. YMMV but, there is also network boot. Aka, PXE.
2007-09-20 07:09:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋