Help: Can't Boot to CD, NTDLR Missing?

[RobDMB]

Ok I changed motherboards and am trying to do a fresh installation of windows XP. I go into the bios and change the boot order to cdrom first, then harddrive, and I made sure the correct harddrive is the first one to be used. However when I go to start up, it says press any button to boot to cd. I try to press the keyboard, but it will not boot to cd. Instead I get an error NTDLR is missing, press control alt delete to restart. I can't seem to find a work around. However, if I don't press anything, the computer will proceed to boot into windows using existing installation that is on the harddrive (the one i want to reformat and start over). I am not sure why it wont let me boot to cd and reformat. It isn't the cd either as I've tried different ones. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Rob

 

[mechBgon]

What components are you using?

 

[RobDMB]

Ok I think i may have figured out the problem. Can you not boot to a disc with a usb keyboard. For some reason I was using a usb keyboard and it allowed me to press delete to go into the bios setup, but apparently nothing would register when i would press a key to boot to cd and the ntdlr resulted. However, now i switched to a non usb keyboard and was able to boot to cd fine with the exact same setup. Is there any reason the usb keyboard would register when using it to enter into the bios, but not when i have to press any key to boot to cd?

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: RobDMB
Ok I think i may have figured out the problem. Can you not boot to a disc with a usb keyboard. For some reason I was using a usb keyboard and it allowed me to press delete to go into the bios setup, but apparently nothing would register when i would press a key to boot to cd and the ntdlr resulted. However, now i switched to a non usb keyboard and was able to boot to cd fine with the exact same setup. Is there any reason the usb keyboard would register when using it to enter into the bios, but not when i have to press any key to boot to cd?

You may need to enable legacy devices under USB setup in the BIOS.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: RobDMB
Ok I think i may have figured out the problem. Can you not boot to a disc with a usb keyboard. For some reason I was using a usb keyboard and it allowed me to press delete to go into the bios setup, but apparently nothing would register when i would press a key to boot to cd and the ntdlr resulted. However, now i switched to a non usb keyboard and was able to boot to cd fine with the exact same setup. Is there any reason the usb keyboard would register when using it to enter into the bios, but not when i have to press any key to boot to cd?

You may need to enable legacy devices under USB setup in the BIOS.

and some mobos still won't see the keyboard under usb

 

[VanTheMan]

Yeah, it really depends on your mobo. Some are good about USB and some aren't. Your best bet is to just use a good ol' PS2 keyboard for stuff like that, then tuck it safely away in the closet when you're done.