Cannot "Press anykey to boot cd", tried everything!

[Coldkilla]

This is weird for me. I have 2 PC's - Both need formatting. After the 100s of problems over the last few weeks in trying to fix them, I've given up.

I can access BIOS to set boot prioritys, however; once the XP CD is in and the "press anykey to boot from CD" appears, it will not respond to my command to run the CD.

Things I have tried:
1. 2 Windows XP CD's. Same issue
2. 3 Keyboards. All respond to BIOS/etc, but not "press anykey" screen.
3. Changing boot prioritys from HDD to CD Drive.
4. Load HDD/OS fine w/o problems - so if need be - I can work from the OS to try and have this work.

If it doesn't say "press anykey to boot from CD" it says "Once a bootable media is inserted, press anykey to proceed" (Or something around those lines)..

I don't know what to do, and had a thread previously but I dont think I made myself clear. Now I have but one goal, to have these computers formatted. I no longer care about backing up my PC or getting anything "back to normal" by fixing anything. I just want these PC's formatted and good to go by Thursday morning.

I will check forums tomarrow afternoon for any possible updates. Thanks, I'm looking forward to any and ALL suggestions your offering to give. Thanks

 

[Operandi]

If they are USB keyboards enable "USB keyboard support" in your BIOS.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: Operandi
If they are USB keyboards enable "USB keyboard support" in your BIOS.

What he said. This has happened to me also. If for some reason you can't get USB enabled via BIOS, your other option is to either get a PS/2 keyboard, or put a USB-to-PS2 adapter on your USB keyboard and then plug it into the PS/2 keyboard port on the mobo. Between these options, it should clear up your issue.

 

[AmphibSailor]

This happened to me the day before yesterday. I figured it out because I had changed from a PS2 keyboard to a USB keyboard. After enabling Legacy USB in the bios, all went well.

 

[Allanv]

set all the boot options to cd and it should then bypass the press anykey option and after installing the 1st reboot after that change it back to hdd, cd or whatever you want it to be

Allanv

 

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by: Operandi
If they are USB keyboards enable "USB keyboard support" in your BIOS.

indeed sounds like he doesn't have "USB Keyboard support" enabled in the BIOS

in the worse case scenario, if that is a VERY OLD computer, with no BIOS support for "USB Keyboards" then you should switch to a PS/2 Keyboard, or AT keyboard if it's that old.

 

[Coldkilla]

I used a PS2 port adaptor for my keyboard... but then the keyboard didn't work at all.. I'll check BIOS but Im almost certain there was no USB support option in there. (The PC is only a year old, very up-to-date)

edit: I got it to finally work. Just hope my windows CD's arent scratched beyond working order. Thanks all