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    Unable to select CD-ROM from BIOS boot menu

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by JWBlue, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. JWBlue

    JWBlue Notebook Deity

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    (found the solution)
     
    JWBlue, Sep 8, 2010
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Obviously, your cd is not bootable. ;)

    Try burning another bootable CD at the slowest speed setting.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Sep 8, 2010
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  3. woofer00

    woofer00 Wanderer

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    Sometimes you need to hit a key, the "any" key, to boot from CD, otherwise it defaults to the HDD. You cannot walk or look away during the boot.

    Is the CD bootable?
     
    woofer00, Sep 8, 2010
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  4. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    no fair deleting your original question without providing the 'answer'.

    Posting both your original ??? and the 'solution' can only help people who search for their own answers.
     
    newsposter, Sep 8, 2010
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    From what I recall, it went something along the lines of:

    Trying to boot a program called SecureErase from a CD-ROM, cannot do it from the BIOS menu. Boot option lists HDD, HDD, CDROM, [Some LAN boot variation here]. halp!
     
    woofer00, Sep 8, 2010
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