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Vostro 200 will NOT boot from CD/DVD
Okay, I have a Vostro 200, I recieved a high-end processor for it, but since it wasn't dual core it wouldn't work, I've finally got a high-end working dual-core processor, highest-end core 2 duo currently released. But now I face another dilema, I assume it's something setup wrong with the bios. I set the BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive but for some reason it will not boot from any of my boot discs. Will someone please help me figure this out.
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June 28th, 2008 01:00
What OS is on the CD/DVD? And what's on the hard drive? There have been issues about booting the V200 from a Vista disk if another OS had been installed on the hard drive.
Open the case and verify that the optical drive is connected to SATA1 connector on the motherboard, assuming you have only 1 hard drive and one optical drive. Then run BIOS setup and make sure SATA1 is set to enabled and the optical drive is first in the boot sequences. Save the changes, put the OS disk in the drive and close the drawer. Exit setup and it should boot from the optical disk.
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June 28th, 2008 02:00
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June 28th, 2008 18:00
Here is the manual <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> for installing drives in the V200. Verify that you've done it correctly and make sure the SATA port is turned on in BIOS.
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June 28th, 2008 19:00
If you format the hard drive, you'll delete the hidden Restore partition and the Utilities partition, so think twice about that...
I suppose it's possible you have a bad CD drive...
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