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    HP8740W can't read from bootable DVD windows 8.1

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by StefaanS, May 27, 2015.

  1. StefaanS

    StefaanS Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have an HP8740W and I want to install windows 8.1.
    But my laptop doesn't want to boot from the installation disks.
    If I put installation disk in an HP elite 8200 they boot => so it is not the installation disks
    If I put my old XP-bootable disk in HP8740W they boot => so it is not the CD/DVD drive

    So I think it is something in the Bios but I have no clue

    Has anyone some Idea's
     
    StefaanS, May 27, 2015
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  2. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Try booting in UEFI mode.
     
    triturbo, May 27, 2015
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  3. Sotton

    Sotton Notebook Evangelist

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    make sure in the BIOS your first device you boot from is the optical disc drive and it is enabled to boot from it at all
     
    Sotton, May 28, 2015
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