how do I boot from a Windows XP CD?
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You have to make sure that your BIOS is set in the correct order to boot to the CD-ROM drive first. Some manufacturers set the hard drive first to increase performance. Here is how you check that.\n\n1. When you first turn your computer on before Windows has begun booting press the key to get into the BIOS, usually DEL, F1, F2 or F10 depending on manufacturer.\n2. Go to the section marked Advanced Configuration, or depending on manufacturer boot or boot sequence.\n3. Once inside they can be anywhere, but look for BOOT SEQUENCE or similar.\n4. You'll want the very first one to be CD-ROM or optical drive.\n5. Make any necessary changes and save and exit.\n6. The system should reboot and it will read the CD, if your hard drive is blank it will automatically boot, but if windows is already on it it will ask you if you want to boot you can just hit spacebar or any key when it asks.\n\nSorry it can't be more specific but since no two manufacturers can choose a friggin standard it has to be really broad.\n\nHope that helps.
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1. Insert a bootable Windows XP CD in your optical drive\n2. Make sure the first bootable device is the optical drive\n3. Boot your Laptop\n4. Follow the on screen instructions\nYou are done. Please be patient for approx. 1 hour depending on ur configuration.\n5. After finish installing OS, Install your device drivers with the CD provided with Laptop.
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You have to have a boot disk first, then re-format you hard drive from the boot disk, then install win XP. Make sure the boot disk is made from win 98
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If your computer is able to boot from a CD, just boot from the windows 98 CD and it will automatically start the install...\n\nIf not, you may boot from a floppy that has CD drivers on it (so you can access the CD after booting) and run SETUP.EXE. This file may be in the root directory of the CD or possibly in the CABS folder
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Insert the XP CD then boot from CD- \nselect this from the BIOS, \nthen select boot with CDROM support. \nTry running in SAFE mode to see any problems.\n\n\nThis is just for you to be able to load windows
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Better follow above procedure or insert a bootabel Windows98 CD boot with CD , and start computer with CD rom support.\nformat c drieve FORMAT/S C:\nthsi will format your c: drive , now your computer wont boot.\ninsert bootable XP CD-ROM and follow the instructions, bettet to go with option... 'Format this drive and continue with installation' this will reformat and install a fresh copy of Window. hope it works.\nGUD LUCK..........B HAPPY !
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That's not much of a question, but if I had a damaged Master Boot Record, I'd do this: find your Windows XP disk, put it in your CD or DVD drive, and restart your computer. Hit whichever keys you need to hit, to make it boot from CD. Choose the Repair Option, and then "Recovery Console". Once you are logged on, just type this: "FixMBR", but without the quotation marks. And unless you have a boot sector virus, it will repair itself.
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no you can't, works is not a bootable cd. you can go to bootdick.com and download floppy boot files, or cd boot files for free, and then put them on a disk or floppy to boot with.\nIf you have an xp cd, it is a boot disk and an install disk
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If your BIOS does not support boot from CD, then you will have to boot from a floppy that has drivers and support for your CD.  \n\nYou haven't specified which operating system you are trying to install.\n\nA "setup" disk shipped with Windows 95 and Windows 98 will do this job.  Borrow such a floppy if you don't have one. \n\nFor XP, the necessary downloads to make such a floppy is available from Microsoft, see link in "sources".\n\nFor Linux, use rawrite to create a bootable floppy.  See second link in "sources".
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I had a friend who did the same thing, he put xp on and realized it could barely boot up. Just put in the win98 cd and let it format the drive during installation. Make sure you have all the drivers for 98 BEFORE installing. Find out what drivers you will need. That is the hardest part by far.
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If you're in a dual-boot environment, boot to the Windows XP CD, enter the Recovery Console and run:\n\nfixboot c:\n\nfixmbr\n\nType EXIT and then the PC will reboot to Windows XP.
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Windows XP users:\n\n1. Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.\n2. When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.\n3. Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.\n4. Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.\n5. You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.\n6. Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter "E". This letter may be different on your computer.\n\n-----------------------------------\ncopy e:&#92;i386&#92;ntldr c:&#92;\ncopy e:&#92;i386&#92;ntdetect.com c:&#92;\n-----------------------------------\n\n7. Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
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First of all you will need:\n1)Your Windows disc\n2)The service pack of your choice (SP1 or SP2)\n3)A little patience...\n\nNow first you have to copy the contents of the disc itself...create a folder called XP-(whatever one you want..ie..SP1 or SP2)\n\n1)Before copying the XP CD make sure that the system is set to display all hidden and system files to ensure a complete copy of all files on the CD. The settings to control what files are visible are located in Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View tab. Make sure [Show hidden files and folders] radio button is selected and [Hide protected operating system files] is unchecked....\n2)The next step is to find where you downloaded the Service pack file.\nIf you download it from Microsoft...it'll be named WindowsXP-K(something)-SP(whatever)-ENU(english).exe\n3)Navigate to the folder called XP-(what you named it) and copy the service pack there.\n4)Use start>run to get the dialog box at the bottom left and in the box type\n"C:&#92;XP-(Sp1 or Sp2)&#92;(the name of the service pack..example [WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe] -x"\n5)By now a prompt has come up asking where you want to save the extraction. (you can use the same location)\n6)Now you need to add the extracted service pack to the windows file by using the dialog box again and typing "C:&#92;XP-SP2&#92;i386&#92;Update&#92;Update.exe -S:C:&#92;XP"\n7)From here you will see the Service Pack being joined with the windows files..when it finishes you're almost ready to burn...\n7a)Create a folder called "XP bootimage"...4 later.\n8)Now you have to extract the boot image from your Xp disc...there are numerous applications to use..\nA)ISObuster\nB)Magic ISO\nC)Just about any decent ISO program...but ISObuster is what I use so..\n9)Start Isobuster and click on "Bootable CD" on the left and Right-click the "Microsoft Corporation.img" file and extract it to the folder called "XP bootimage"\n10)Time to burn...turn off everthing else before you start to burn!!!!\n\nStart Nero - Burning Rom.\nSelect File > New... from the menu.\n\n1.) Select CD-ROM (Boot).\n2.) Select Image file from Source of boot image data.\n3.) Check Enable expert settings (for advanced users only!).\n4.) Set Kind of emulation: to No Emulation.\n5.) Set Load segment of sectors (hex!): to 0000.\n6.) Set Number of loaded sectors: to 4.\n7.) Set Platform identifier: to Intel x86 compatible.\n8.) Press the Browse... button.\n\nLocate the BootSector file (boot.ima) in the folder C:&#92;OS&#92;BOOT.\nClick the Open button.\n\nClick on the ISO tab.\n- Set File name length to Max. of 31 chars (ISO Level 2).\n- Set Format to Mode 1.\n- Set Character Set to ISO 9660 (standard ISO CD-ROM).\n- Check the Joliet check box.\n- Check all Relax ISO Restrictions.\n- Check Allow more than 64 characters for Joliet names.\n\nClick on the Label tab.\nRemove the check from Also use the ISO 9660 text for Joliet.\nEnter the Volume Label into the ISO 9660 and Joliet text boxes.\nClick the More fields button.\n- View Windows 2000 CD Labels (TTID# 269)\n- View Windows XP SP0 CD Labels (TTID#226)\n- View Windows XP SP1 CD Labels (TTID#283)\n- View Windows XP SP1a CD Labels (TTID#312)\n- View Windows XP SP2 CD Labels (TTID#342)\n- View Windows 2003 Server CD Labels (TTID#292)\n\nEnter in the Volume Label into the System Identifier, Volume Set, Publisher,\nData preparer, Application text boxes under ISO 9660 and Joliet.\nClick the OK button.\n\nClick the Burn tab.\n- Check Write.\n- Check Finalize CD (No further writing possible!).\n- Set Write Method to Disc-at-once. (We have had Track-At-Once work as well.)\n- Click the New button.\n\n- Locate the folder C:&#92;OS&#92;ROOT.\n- Select everything in the folder and drag it to the ISO compilation panel.\n- Click the Write CD Dialog button.\n\nClick the Boot tab.\n- Verify the settings. Correct if needed.\n- Click the Burn button.\n\nWait for CD creation to fi
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1. start the compunter and press "DEL" to enter bios setup.\n2. Go to "Bios Features Setup"\n3. Chose as first boot device "CD-ROM" and second "HDD-0"\n4. Save and exit bios setup\n5. Place your windows xp cd into your cd"unit" and prestoo...work done!
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Firstly you will need a windows XP CD.\n\nOnce you have that simply start the computer and let it start in the normal windows environment.\n\nOnce windows has completed loading and the computer is usuable insert the windows XP cd and let it open. \n\nIf it doesnt open automatically, go to my computer and click the drive where the cd is placed and click setup.\n\nNow once the XP SETUP window opens follow the instructions and when you are asked for the following option\n\n1. FULL INSTALL\n2. UPGRADE\n\nSelect upgrade , in doing so the computer will upgrade itself from Windows ME to Windows XP, mostly there will not be any data loss. \n\nAs a precaution, if you have any important files please move them to the MY documents folder or to the harddisk drive directly.\n\nYou will also need the serial / product identification key which will be aksed for during the installation.\n\nAnd, during the installation the Setup will automatically check for drivers for the various devices.\n\nAlso during the installation you will be asked to set a PASSWORD FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT. It is not necessary to do so as this is the safe mode account and I recommend leaving it without a password since this is your first time.\n\nLastly, after the installation some softwares may need to be re-installed. Probably Microsoft Office. I had to re-install it ( so make sure you have a copy of that )\n\nAfter the installation finishes you will be asked to create user accounts which is very easy and you just need to follow the steps as they go on.\n\nOverall its very easy with manly your requiring to click the next button.\n\n\nAll the best .
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You can download boot disks here:\n\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994\n\n5.1.2600 is the version number of Windows XP, everyone.
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Well, the best way is to look at whatever program you have for burning CDs and see if it has an option to create a bootable CD.  If you can't find it, or use Windows itself to burn CDs, then it's a little more complicated.\nNote: If you find that booting from CD doesn't work, you may have to adjust your BIOS setting to allow your machine to boot from CD.\nIf you want to boot to windows: the easiest way is probably to go here: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/ and download a utility that will do it for you.  There are instructions there depending on what type of boot you want.\nIf you don't trust using a third party utility, Microsoft has some instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167685/EN-US/ .  This process is not very straightforward though.\nIf you just need to get into your filesystem and poke around, you might consider booting a different OS.  For example, http://www.freedos.org/ (FreeDOS) and http://www.knoppix.net/ (Knoppix Linux) may do what you want.  For these, you can download ISO images and burn bootable CDs.