Re: I bought new win xp sp3 CD for dell laptop

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Daave typed on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:57 -0400:
BillW50 wrote:
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JUDYAONE typed on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:23:18 -0700:
OK, here is the info on laptop:
Dell Inspiron 6400 Intel Core Duo for xp

The boot sequence is:
1. Diskette Drive
2. Internal HDD
3. USB Storage Device
4. CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive
and Onboard NIC (which was not numbered)

I don't want to change anything until I know exactly what to do.

Thanks so much for the help!
Judy

Place the CD/DVD above the Internal HDD.

That's cruel.

What are you talking about Daave? Place the CD/DVD above the Internal
HDD in the BIOS boot list is indeed correct. My last 7 computers I have
bought I can bypass this list and hit the ESC at POST and I get a boot
menu which allows you to pick which device will boot for this time only.

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Bill
Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195)
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC


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