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ptt3600

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November 9th, 2006 16:00

Hard drive crash/booting from CD

my hard drive crashed and I want to reinstall the OS (winXP home).  However, when I put the reinstall winXP CD in, the system says it doesn't have an OS installed (I knew that).  I cannot create the startup disks, as the computer will no longer boot.  Is there a way I can tell the computer to boot from the XP CD?
Thanks.
  • Skybird

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    Posted November 10th, 2006 11:00

    Enter the Set-up (BIOS) and set the CD drive as the first boot device then the system should boot from the XP disc.
  • ptt3600

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    Posted November 10th, 2006 13:00

    Of course!  Thank you for your help.