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Originally Posted by sidewinder
Ok I'm stuck here, when I select the Boot Menu and then select the CD-ROM drive, it says it's not available - and to either strike F1 to retry boot, or F2 for setup utility. The first time, I went to setup utility and changed the boot order so the drive was first. Then I went back the boot menu to retry, same message. I turned off the PC, turned it back on, still not booting from CD. Turn off and on again, hit F12 to access boot menu, select CD drive, same thing...F1 to try again or F2 for setup utility. And F1 does nothing but repeat the message.
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If you're sure that everything is right in the BIOS as far as boot order and any particular items are checked off regarding to booting from CD, including the BIOS recognizing the drive, and you're still not booting from the CD, then there's either a problem with your CD drive or the CD itself. Is it a DVD, CD, CDRW, etc? Look at the format of the CD itself then make sure that your drive can actually read that particular media.
If the media is compatible with the drive, then it's probably the drive itself... in which case you may want to borrow someone's external usb CD drive. Otherwise, if you can't boot from CD then your computer is effectively a boat anchor.
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