trouble with os

[nismo]

i just got my computer ready for my os to be put on and it started from the cd the first time but now it wont even boot to any cd. the first time i put the os in it stopped, so i decided to try again today. but now it wont even read the cd. is there a way to reset or something?
im just confused b/c i have never put an os on a new computer without an os on it already and thought it would be the same.

 

[Ultravis]

Have you been into the BIOS and selected the CD-ROM as the 1st Boot Device?

 

[nismo]

yes i have, that is why it booted to the cd the first time but now it wont
the only thing that happens is there is a little blinking "_" up in the corner. then nothing happens even after i put the cd in

 

[Ultravis]

Have a go at pressing lots of keys during the blinking _ . Also, make sure that everything is attached firmly in your computer. e.g. hard disks, video card, cd-rom.

 

[nismo]

i'll give it a try any other ideas would be great
thanx

 

[mgoldb2]

did you buy the os or burned it from a .iso image. I burned a .iso image of windows xp once and the first time I just got a blinking thing when I tryed booting from it. I reburned it and it worked fine the secound time.

if you bought it make sure you bought a full version not the upgrade version.

PS: my school offer the .iso file to all computer science students they have a deal with microsoft so it was perfectly legal for me to do this.

 

[nismo]

yeah mine is burned but its my brothers and its a legal copy b/c of his job
i have loaded it many times on my other computer(i took it apart otherwise i would see if it works on that one)

 

[KillermilleR]

did u try to boot another pc with the cd...if it dosen't work then the boot cd is faulty.....may wrong iso image or sumem....of it does, then u may want to try swaping drives and see if that works, check to hear your cd rom spinning up at booting, this is to make sure it has power amoung other things!!!

 

[SFR]

PS: my school offer the .iso file to all computer science students they have a deal with microsoft so it was perfectly legal for me to do this.

ahh yes the power of going to a school that is a Microsoft Certified Partner. I have about $3500 USD worth of software legaly bought for about $400.

yeah mine is burned but its my brothers and its a legal copy b/c of his job
i have loaded it many times on my other computer(i took it apart otherwise i would see if it works on that one)

..right.... its legal for him to use it, but not you.



Anyway.. You might not have made that CD bootable when you were putting the ISO files onto it.

 

[Praetor]

ahh yes the power of going to a school that is a Microsoft Certified Partner. I have about $3500 USD worth of software legaly bought for about $400.

Heehee i know that feeling