uneasyrider
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OK here's the short version of my problem. Had a power surge take out the power supply & motherboard in an old machine. Replaced MB with...
Biostar M7VIG400 (Socket A Via KM266Pro chipset) (I know I know, I needed something cheap to get me by).
In-Win case w/ 350 watt power supply.
At the same time, I bought a new Microsoft USB wireless keyboard & mouse because my old PS/2 was shot. Also a new copy of Windows XP.
Everything came together fine... build went perfect & the PC booted up perfect.
Now here's the problem. The wireless USB Keyboard & mouse work to set up the BIOS. However whenever I put in the Windows CD to start a new installation, the CD Boot program will not recognize any input from the keyboard. It gets to the 'Press any key to Boot From CD' part... won't accept any input... and goes into trying to boot into my old Windows installation. If I can just get it into the installation program, I'm sure it will load the appropriate drivers.
So my question is this... is there any way I can bypass the 'Press any key to boot from CD' screen and have it go straight into the loading drivers part??
Biostar M7VIG400 (Socket A Via KM266Pro chipset) (I know I know, I needed something cheap to get me by).
In-Win case w/ 350 watt power supply.
At the same time, I bought a new Microsoft USB wireless keyboard & mouse because my old PS/2 was shot. Also a new copy of Windows XP.
Everything came together fine... build went perfect & the PC booted up perfect.
Now here's the problem. The wireless USB Keyboard & mouse work to set up the BIOS. However whenever I put in the Windows CD to start a new installation, the CD Boot program will not recognize any input from the keyboard. It gets to the 'Press any key to Boot From CD' part... won't accept any input... and goes into trying to boot into my old Windows installation. If I can just get it into the installation program, I'm sure it will load the appropriate drivers.
So my question is this... is there any way I can bypass the 'Press any key to boot from CD' screen and have it go straight into the loading drivers part??