Problem booting from cdrom

[darknoobie]

ok im trying to format my drive and reinstall XP ok so i went in bios and set it to boot from the cdrom.. ok i restart.. it says booting from atapi CDROM like it always does.. but it doesnt recognize a disk in there i guess it just goes to XP and i cant boot from the disk so i can format!! /cry! and yes, i did have my cd in the drive .. i do not know what is wrong :-/ i know i didnt give a good detailed description but whatever.. please reply ASAP

(btw: XP does show the XP cd in the drive and i can access all the data on it hummmm)

 

[minendo]

Do you have 2 or more cdroms in your system?

 

[darknoobie]

no i do not i only have one

another detail maybe be problem (im a newbie so dont laugh if what i say is irrelevant)

my cdrom is set as primary master and my hd is slave.. if i remember i think its supposed to be the other way around

 

[minendo]

Yes your hard drive should be primary master. Your cdrom could be either primary slave, secondary master, or secondary slave.

 

[darknoobie]

could this be the problem? and if so how do i fix this? its set on auto and i tried manual but nothing happened i dont know what to do

 

[minendo]

<< could this be the problem? and if so how do i fix this? its set on auto and i tried manual but nothing happened i dont know what to do >>


You would have to open up your computer and change the jumpers on the hard drive and cdrom to make them master and slave, respectively.

 

[darknoobie]

ahhhhh crap :-/

but i suppose this is the only way for my cdrom to boot?

 

[minendo]

<< ahhhhh crap :-/

but i suppose this is the only way for my cdrom to boot? >>


Is it a full version WinXP cdrom you are using? If so, what release/version?

 

[darknoobie]

its Windows XP Professional Version 2002

(looking at the My Computer properties)

 

[minendo]

<< its Windows XP Professional Version 2002

(looking at the My Computer properties) >>


Is that what the CD says also?

 

[darknoobie]

the cd was given to me by a friend (not real)

 

[minendo]

<< the cd was given to me by a friend (not real) >>


The problem may be then that in burning that CD files were missed and it is not bootable. Go buy the d@mn OS.

 

[LS20]

http://www.windowsxp.nu/bootcd/

this worked for me

follow all instructions. i recommenddoing as it says rather than trying to do it on NERO

 

[darknoobie]

its worked before

 

[minendo]

<< its worked before >>


That is great and all and I hope you solve your problem, but that doesnt change the fact that you need to buy the d@mn OS.

 

[darknoobie]

blah how do i make a boot floppy disk.. seems like the easiest way then if i can get into a dos prompt or whatever id know what to do