I'm trying to reinstall WinXP- it had issues, so I thought a clean install would be good. Anyway, even though I set the BIOS to boot from CD, it won't (I've tried with the WinXP installation disc as well as other bootable CDs). I don't even get the option "Press any key to boot from CD- it goes though all the checks and then directly to "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." I can boot from a floppy, but that doesn't do me much good since my hard drive is NTFS (and I need to be able to boot from the CD for an installation, anyway).
I've tried removing the floppy both physically and in the BIOS in case that caused an issue. I have removed everything except for the CPU, RAM, video card, one hard drive, one CD ROM (of course, now it wants me to ractivate windows). I have tried 3 different CD drives. I have reset the CMOS on the mobo. I have tried every boot option in BIOS.
Any ideas on why I can't boot from the CD?
Thanks!
EDIT:
I may have found a work-around. I was able to boot into Safe Mode, and read the CD from there to start the installation (choosing the option to copy all files to the HD first). I think this will work, but I'm still curious why the hell I can't boot from a CD
I've tried removing the floppy both physically and in the BIOS in case that caused an issue. I have removed everything except for the CPU, RAM, video card, one hard drive, one CD ROM (of course, now it wants me to ractivate windows). I have tried 3 different CD drives. I have reset the CMOS on the mobo. I have tried every boot option in BIOS.
Any ideas on why I can't boot from the CD?
Thanks!
EDIT:
I may have found a work-around. I was able to boot into Safe Mode, and read the CD from there to start the installation (choosing the option to copy all files to the HD first). I think this will work, but I'm still curious why the hell I can't boot from a CD