Booting from CDROM

[shiv_skanda]

I just setup my own PC. The BIOS seems to have my hardware recognized correctly. I have my Hard Disk as IDE0 Primary and CDROM as IDE1 Master. Now I want to install WinXP OS on it. When I insert the CD in the CDROM and give it as the first boot device, the PC doesn recognize the CD as bootable and says " Error : Cannot boot from CD : Code : 4".

What do I do now? I tried the CD in my laptop and since it had the auto run feature it straight away gave me the screen from where I can install WinXP. So, that means my CD is correct. I cant understand why my PC isnt able to recognize it.

Please help me with it. I am in desparate need to have the PC going.
Thanks

 

[Didou]

When you insert it on the running laptop, Windows will launch the "autolaunch" feature. That has nothing to do with a CD being bootable. If your PC cannot boot from it, then most likely it isn't bootable.

Try downloading a Windows 98 bootdisk (with ATAPI cdrom support) & once you've booted off that, go to the cdrom & manualy launch the install process.

 

[shiv_skanda]

Thanks,

One more thing. Can I download boot up disk for Windows 98, boot from the floppy drive and then logon to the CDROM drive at the DOS prompt. How do I run the CDROM then, as in which file do I run, the autorun file??

Please let me know and thanks for your suggestion. You are pretty right that the CDROM running automatically has nothing to do with it being bootable.

 

[Didou]

Go to the cdrom, then the i386 subfolder & I think you have to launch winnt or ntsetup or setup. I don't remember which.