Okay, I am about to pull my hair out. I installed Linux XP and decided that I should stay with windows. Unfortunately, the PC is not booting from the XP CD. I have no idea, now, how to unistall this OS. Does anyone have any ideas? I can't do the whoe floopy boot thing seeing that this PC has no floppy drive. I am out of ideas, standing by for yours. Thanks in advance.
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Jump to Post>Unfortunately, the PC is not booting from the XP CD.
How is it not booting from the XP CD? Have you configured the BIOS so that the CD drive is the top boot priority?
Jump to PostTried resetting the BIOS to factory settings? Or tried flashing it? (Popping out the CMOS battery for a minute, then putting it back in.)
Jump to PostI put the settings back the way they were before I started.
There *should* be an option in most BIOSs to "restore to factory settings". This often works.
As for the CMOS battery. I have no idea what you are talking about.
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