Cannot boot from CD (XP Pro)

[demonicus]

Wanted to do an XP Pro Repair, but my system will not boot from the CD. Tried looking around the CMOS but was afraid I might screw things up. Running a P4 VelocityMicro. Sorry if this is a problem often covered before. Thanks.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

You need to change the boot- or start-sequence in BIOS.
Set it to (floppy)-CD-Harddisk or when they use drive-letters: (A)-X-C, where X is the letter of your CD-rom (could be D or E etc.)
A=floppy, C=harddisk

Save the settings, insert the XP-CD and reboot. You will be asked to 'Press any key to boot from CD' or something like that. If you miss it, reboot again.