Keyboard not recognized when trying to boot from CD

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by adamlange, Apr 8, 2007.

  1. adamlange

    adamlange Private E-2

    I'm trying to reformat my hard drive. I put my WinXP CD in and restarted my computer. When it restarts, it asks me to "press any key to boot from CD", but it won't recognize any of my keypresses. However, once windows starts, it WILL recognize my keypresses. I have a wireless keyboard/mouse.

    Any ideas?
     
    adamlange, Apr 8, 2007
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  2. TheDoug

    TheDoug MajorGeek

    Sounds like you need a plain old PS/2 keyboard for what you're trying to do. Anything that relies on Windows drivers (like USB or wireless KB) isn't going to be recognized at the point you need to "press any key".
     
    TheDoug, Apr 8, 2007
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  3. adamlange

    adamlange Private E-2

    NNOOOOOOO!!! DAMN YOU COMPUTERS!!! :cry :cry
     
    adamlange, Apr 8, 2007
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