Re: Hard Drive Re-format
- From: RDU <RDU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:36:03 -0700
I've done that as well, placing the CD drive as #1. The PC boots from the
hard drive.
I found a bootable floppy on the Maxtor site. I'll see if that works.
"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> You don't disable them, you alter the order in which they appear..
>
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> Mike Hall
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> "RDU" <RDU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Within BIOS Setup, I disabled both the floppy & hard drive boot from Boot
> > Sequence. Once saving changes & rebooting, I get the following error
> > message:
> >
> > "strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility"
> >
> > I kept an eye on the CD Drive and it wasn't polled, i.e., no light
> > indicating access activity.
> >
> >
> > "What's in a Name?" wrote:
> >
> >> RDU after much thought,came up with this jewel:
> >> >top posting fixed<
> >> > >
> >> > > "RDU" <RDU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > > news:A9886053-3A91-4F5E-A9C1-48E9B3A1A178@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > > > I have a new system.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I would like to re-format the hard drive on the old PC to give it
> >> > > > to a relative as a gift. It will not boot from the XP CD. What
> >> > > > are my other options?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > RDU
> >> > >
> >> > > You will need to access the BIOS setup.. you can then set the boot
> >> > > order such that the CD drive is the primary boot device..
> >> > >
> >> > > As luck would have it, an MVP colleague has a website that gives
> >> > > excellent clues on how to access a variety of BIOS types, and
> >> > > information and instruction on how to reload the machine..
> >> > >
> >> > > http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
> >> > >
> >> > > For the reload info, its all in the menu at the top of the page..
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Mike Hall
> >> > > MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >> > >
> >> > Mike--
> >> >
> >> > I use BIOS setup to set the boot order for the CD to be the primary,
> >> > however when rebooting, I get an error message asking me to retry.
> >> >
> >> > --Randy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Please post the exact error message
> >> -max
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