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You hardware configuration is "physically" installed with:
Primary Master : 12 gig HDD
Secondary Master: CDROM
etc

What does BIOS show when you boot up?
Does it show the CDROM?
Hit the "Pause Break" key during boot up to pause screen.
Hit "Space Bar" to release.

You don't have option of another CDROM?


--
Dennis S.
I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"Ryan" wrote:

> It seems like the BIOS does not recognize the CDROM when booting up. The
> ribbon and cables are fine.
>
> Hardware config is:
>
> Primary master: 12 gig HD
> Secondary is CD ROM
> 3 1/2 floppy last
>
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7CE15A6E-E2F2-4375-A9EA-2CF9F9AC4177@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Does BIOS recognize your CDROM when booting up?
> > Check and reseat power and ribbon cable.
> > Do you have more than one CD/DVDROM installed?
> > If so, can you swap CD drives?
> > What is your hardware configuration?
> > Pri master, Pri slave, Sec master, Sec slave
> > Doesn't make sense that can't boot to CD!
> >
> > --
> > Dennis S.
> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
> >
> >
> > "Ryan" wrote:
> >
> >> BIOS did not prompt to boot from CD. Yes, CDROM is first boot device from
> >> BIOS.
> >>
> >> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:A2049D5F-4F58-408D-83CF-352EFA674665@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Did your BIOS prompt you to press any key or something to boot from
> >> > CD?
> >> > IS CDROM first boot device in BIOS?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Dennis S.
> >> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Ryan" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> That is the error message when I boot up my HP. I was having problems.
> >> >> Any
> >> >> key I hit repeats the same error message.
> >> >>
> >> >> Previously before this, I was encountering some partitions issues. So
> >> >> I
> >> >> mounted the HD as a slave drive to my other PC and deleted it under
> >> >> Disk
> >> >> Management.
> >> >>
> >> >> I mounted the drive back and the error message is what I get. The HD
> >> >> is
> >> >> still recognized in the BIOS, but I am unable to boot the CD and
> >> >> install
> >> >> XP.
> >> >>
> >> >> Any ideas on what I should do?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
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