Hey all,
I have this HP (desktop) computer that I want to reinstall windows XP onto it. I pop the cd in to have it load the autorun upon boot time but it doesnt load it. To test if its the cd, I unplugged the hard drive and upon not finding a floppy disk or hard drive to boot from, it begins to run from the cd.... but of course since there is no hard drive plugged in, I cant install anything.... so that is fine, I just got to change the boot sequence in the bios, only problem is, as soon as you turn on the computer, it doesnt show the screen that would normally show the motherboard type, run the memory check or the part where it tells you to "push the delete key to run the bios" rather it just shows the HP splash screen for a couple seconds and then runs the XP screen with the blue scrolling bar and then continues to boot windows normally.... so my question/problem is, how can I change the boot sequence or rather get the cd to run so I can reinstall windows xp? I know specific manufacture's use different boot keys/methods to get into/change the boot sequence but Im not familar with how HP's are setup.... Also, I ran a win98 start up disk and go to the dos prompt and did a format of the hard drive so I can no longer run the cd from within windows.
any ideas?
I have this HP (desktop) computer that I want to reinstall windows XP onto it. I pop the cd in to have it load the autorun upon boot time but it doesnt load it. To test if its the cd, I unplugged the hard drive and upon not finding a floppy disk or hard drive to boot from, it begins to run from the cd.... but of course since there is no hard drive plugged in, I cant install anything.... so that is fine, I just got to change the boot sequence in the bios, only problem is, as soon as you turn on the computer, it doesnt show the screen that would normally show the motherboard type, run the memory check or the part where it tells you to "push the delete key to run the bios" rather it just shows the HP splash screen for a couple seconds and then runs the XP screen with the blue scrolling bar and then continues to boot windows normally.... so my question/problem is, how can I change the boot sequence or rather get the cd to run so I can reinstall windows xp? I know specific manufacture's use different boot keys/methods to get into/change the boot sequence but Im not familar with how HP's are setup.... Also, I ran a win98 start up disk and go to the dos prompt and did a format of the hard drive so I can no longer run the cd from within windows.
any ideas?
