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    5920g help

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lame, May 8, 2008.

  1. lame

    lame Newbie

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    hi i cant seen to get my laptop to boot from a cd even though the cd in trying is a bootable one anyone know why?
     
    lame, May 8, 2008
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    gramps28 Notebook Guru

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    Did you change the settings in the Bios to boot to cd?
     
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    jithin6g Notebook Consultant

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    if u have acer E technology wizard, go to settings and select Boot option and make CD/DVD driver to boot first.

    Thats the easiest way.
     
    jithin6g, May 9, 2008
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  4. lame

    lame Newbie

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    yes it is set to boot from cd, i used ultimate boot cd to completely format hard drive a now when it boots i get an error saying that the cd is not bootable? i wanted to do a fresh install of XP
     
    lame, May 9, 2008
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    gates59 Notebook Enthusiast

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    When you boot your computer press alt and f10 to boot from cd.
     
    gates59, May 9, 2008
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  6. gramps28

    gramps28 Notebook Guru

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    Is it a MS cd or a burnt copy?If it's a burnt copy
    then more than likely it was copied wrong.
     
    gramps28, May 9, 2008
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