A little help would be appreciated

MrTarnish · 01-10-2005, 02:08 PM

I've been having a ton of probs with a computer that i was given. I have been able to get the rest of it done apart from one little prob that i can't figure out. i have reformatted the HD in my own PC but still cannot get it to reinstall Windows because the Cd-Rom is unavailable to boot from. any ideas?

Lorand · 01-10-2005, 03:59 PM

Boot from Win98 startup disk with the cd-rom support option.

MrTarnish · 01-10-2005, 03:59 PM

Have windows XP Home only

Lorand · 01-10-2005, 04:01 PM

You can get one from here: http://www.putergeek.com/downloads/

MrTarnish · 01-10-2005, 04:11 PM

Thank you Lorand will let you know what happens.

alienationware · 01-11-2005, 06:32 AM

You probably did this, or DID YOU?

1. Set the CMOS (usually [Delete] or [F12] whenever you start your comp) to search the CD-ROM as a boot device?

MrTarnish · 01-11-2005, 03:26 PM

did that alienationware have tried what lorand suggested also but no joy. have moved the HD to my test PC and formatted and installed xp works fine on that but when i put it back into it's home i still get nothing. Think its a Motherboard failure it's the only thing i haven't tried.

alienationware · 01-12-2005, 02:15 AM

Alot of funny things can happen (on startup) when the CMOS battery is drained. You probably need a replacement CMOS battery.

robina_80 · 01-12-2005, 01:57 PM

what alienationware says is correct

MrTarnish · 01-12-2005, 02:38 PM

Will check that out thank you alienationware.

01-10-2005, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
MrTarnish New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Age: 29 Posts: 10	Can't get comp to boot from CD-Rom drive I've been having a ton of probs with a computer that i was given. I have been able to get the rest of it done apart from one little prob that i can't figure out. i have reformatted the HD in my own PC but still cannot get it to reinstall Windows because the Cd-Rom is unavailable to boot from. any ideas? __________________ Athlon 2.0 140gig HD NVIDIA GeForce 4 64mb Last edited by MrTarnish; 01-10-2005 at 03:59 PM.

01-10-2005, 03:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
MrTarnish New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Age: 29 Posts: 10	Have windows XP Home only __________________ Athlon 2.0 140gig HD NVIDIA GeForce 4 64mb

01-10-2005, 04:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
MrTarnish New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Age: 29 Posts: 10	Thank you Lorand will let you know what happens. __________________ Athlon 2.0 140gig HD NVIDIA GeForce 4 64mb

01-11-2005, 06:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
alienationware Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 392	Did you... You probably did this, or DID YOU? 1. Set the CMOS (usually [Delete] or [F12] whenever you start your comp) to search the CD-ROM as a boot device?

01-11-2005, 03:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
MrTarnish New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Age: 29 Posts: 10	did that alienationware have tried what lorand suggested also but no joy. have moved the HD to my test PC and formatted and installed xp works fine on that but when i put it back into it's home i still get nothing. Think its a Motherboard failure it's the only thing i haven't tried. __________________ Athlon 2.0 140gig HD NVIDIA GeForce 4 64mb

01-10-2005, 03:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	Boot from Win98 startup disk with the cd-rom support option.

01-10-2005, 04:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lorand VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bucharest Age: 41 Posts: 3,042	You can get one from here: http://www.putergeek.com/downloads/

01-12-2005, 02:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
alienationware Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 392	The CMOS.... Alot of funny things can happen (on startup) when the CMOS battery is drained. You probably need a replacement CMOS battery.

01-12-2005, 01:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
robina_80 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: LONDON Age: 24 Posts: 1,975	what alienationware says is correct

01-12-2005, 02:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
MrTarnish New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Age: 29 Posts: 10	Will check that out thank you alienationware. __________________ Athlon 2.0 140gig HD NVIDIA GeForce 4 64mb

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