Try removing the battery completely and running off ac power only. If it boots,shut down, reinstall the battery and boot again.

Sorry for the confusion; I don't need to install anything, I was just wondering if acezrwild's system had a floppy drive to boot from.

No floppy drive :?:

It sounds like your CDRom drive is the problem since it's having trouble reading the cd and you've confirmed that another system reads the cd fine. I'd try another cdrom drive.

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