Re: audio computer down (somewhat off topc)

"Bigguy" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jack Jarmush wrote:
hello good people, this is off topic but ive tried
everything almost; been up 2 nghts going crazy im
desperate and tech forums qre not replying and you guys
are the best group i know of on the net and have helped
often so if you can help with this even though its not
audio related (although ultimately it is) it would be
very appreciated. I reformatted my HDD to renstall
windows xp but now it wont boot from the cd rom, i set
bios to boot from cd rom but it does not and i just get
a messeage to "press a key to reboot" then the loop
starts again, bios reckognizes the HDD and is in primary
master ide, cd rom is secondary master, i tried
unplugging and replugging the ide cables, tried to boot
from xp disk in a vista machine but the "intall windows
xp" option is greyed out so i cant verify if the cd is
good or not, it is readable i can explore the contents,
any advise what to try next? -rob
Are you using a genuine (?) Bootable XP disk??

Try booting off a 'Live CD' of Linux - e.g. Ubuntu;
this will prove that the CD/DVD drive is working OK.

It sounds like the XP CD is not bootable OR the CD/DVD
drive is broken or not plugged correctly..


Good basic advice.

Probably the easiest way to get a bootable CD to test PC equipment with is
to download Maxblast . Maxblast is freeware whose full function is limited
to systems with Maxtor, Seagate, or other corporate hardware from Seagate.
But no matter whose hard drive you have, it boots and runs in a very clearly
identifiable way, and you can use it to test the booting, mouse and keyboard
operations of a PC. At this point it is basically Acronis backup and disk
tools.

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

Obviously, you need a PC to download it, and a CD writer to make the
bootable disc, but it will at least boot in a very clear and identifiable
way on any reasonable PC system.


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