no "press any key to boot cd"

[viet_Cong]

hey, frist of all i found a old computer in my house, i though it would be a good ideal to format for my dad to use it because he doesnt surf the web alot.

my issue is that when i put in my windows cd in there is no screen that shows "press any key to boot from cd" but its loads striaght to my pervious old windows which didnt finish installing. so i get an error .

any know how to fix?

 

[StrangleHold]

You need to set the CD/DVD as first in the boot order in the bios.

 

[viet_Cong]

i did that, nothing happend. same thing happend as previous

 

[Motoxrdude]

Are you running a legit windows cd? Does the cd drive work?

 

[viet_Cong]

Are you running a legit windows cd? Does the cd drive work?

yes it is a genuine windows xp professional cd. the cd drive works of course but not showing me that screen

 

[claptonman]

Try resetting the CMOS battery, worth a shot. There's a round battery on your motherboard. Before you take it out, turn off the computer, keep it plugged in but turn off the switch on the power supply. Make sure you are touching the metal part of the case with your skin. Take the battery out, you make have to use a screwdriver. After you did that, press the power button a couple times, then leave it sit there for 5 minutes. Replace the battery, and turn it on.

You'll have to change the boot order again.

 

[viet_Cong]

Try resetting the CMOS battery, worth a shot. There's a round battery on your motherboard. Before you take it out, turn off the computer, keep it plugged in but turn off the switch on the power supply. Make sure you are touching the metal part of the case with your skin. Take the battery out, you make have to use a screwdriver. After you did that, press the power button a couple times, then leave it sit there for 5 minutes. Replace the battery, and turn it on.

You'll have to change the boot order again.

it didnt reset anything in my bios, they all stayed the same.

am i doing it right?
- turn off computer
- plugged the power cord (there is no switch on my PSU)
- get the ccmos battery out
- wait 5-15 minute
- put it back in
- turn on computer
- go into bios and boot order

 

[johnb35]

If its a genuine windows install cd and you set the boot order to boot to cd first then either you have a bad drive or its jumpered wrong if its an IDE drive.

 

[voyagerfan99]

If the drive is on its way out, it may not boot to CD.