Bootable CD will not boot

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by LouD, Aug 20, 2005.

  1. LouD

    LouD Private E-2

    How do I get the CD-ROM to see a bootable CD?

    Went into Recovery Console and ran the following:
    CHKDSK /R
    FIXBOOT
    FIXMBR

    None of these solved the problem.
    Did a "Hard Drive Diagnostics"
    Drive 4 (CD-Rom) "No Device"

    It works fine with a music CD. I'm confused.
    Also, updated the BIOS. No help.

    Thank You

    Dell 8400 /WinXP SP2/
     
    LouD, Aug 20, 2005
    #1
  2. Novice

    Novice MajorGeek

    Can you read the contents of a "bootable" CD if you put in your CDROM? All the things that you mentioned that you ran in an attempt to fix your problem would have no effect on a CD.

    Have you went into your BIOS and checked your boot order?
     
    Novice, Aug 21, 2005
    #2
  3. baradeithel

    baradeithel Private E-2

    try going into your biso and changing your boot order so that the main CD/DVD drive to the first boot divice.
     
    baradeithel, Aug 21, 2005
    #3

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