i ave got a toshiba tecra 8200 and im tying to install windows xp but it wont boot from he cd, the cd works and i have set the bios to boot from cd first but i still wont boot from cd please help
kidda-120 0 Newbie Poster
Kraai 56 Senior Poster Featured Poster
Does it display the message on the blank screen?
Press any key to boot from CD......
kidda-120 0 Newbie Poster
if i take the hard drive out yes otherwise it boots from the hard drive
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
try hitting F9 or whatever and choosing CD
I have to do that on my IBM laptop
its called select boot device. its a seperate menu to the BIOS.
OlyComputers 110 Practically a Master Poster
The boot device selection is F12 on my Satellite.
througheye 0 Newbie Poster
Conflict cdrom and HD. So try changing the jumper of HD. thanx.
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
its a laptop so they should be correct out of the factory
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