Howdy yal, Ok I now this is a basic question but humor me. I am trying to use a factory system restore cd for xp pro. Other people use this computer nad the thing is a all funked up with adware, spyware yada yada...So I want to reinstall the operating system and give the old pc a clean slate:cheesy:
My trouble is that when I through in the restore cd and restart the computer the computer wont boot from the cd like my other computer.I now im probably
any help I would be moocho gratefull.
Jump to Posttry posting this in the windows XP section to get all the help you need.
try posting this in the windows XP section to get all the help you need.
Howdy yal, Ok I now this is a basic question but humor me. I am trying to use a factory system restore cd for xp pro. Other people use this computer nad the thing is a all funked up with adware, spyware yada yada...So I want to reinstall the operating system and give the old pc a clean slate:cheesy:
My trouble is that when I through in the restore cd and restart the computer the computer wont boot from the cd like my other computer.I now im probably
any help I would be moocho gratefull.
When booting the computer hit the DEL or maybe the F1 key to enter Setup/ BIOS, in there go to Advanced bios features.[ http://www.buildeasypc.com/sw/bios_setup_abf.htm ].hi-lite it and hit enter ,and in there you will be able to change the boot sequence ,change it to CDROM,A: and C:\
hit the ESC key and hit f10 and Y to exit and save changes .
there are different bios screens here is Phionex bios .if you have this one look for boot across the top .
http://www.computerhope.com/help/phoenix.htm
The othe biggies is Award bios ,my first instruction is for award ,I can't find a good picture of it ,opened .
thanks caperjack worked fine
Your welcome.
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