Can't boot from DVD drive
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From: Flip Wilson on 17 Jan 2010 14:23 philo <philo(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:X_edneDpnpg3q87WnZ2dnUVZ_tZi4p2d(a)ntd.net: > > > Well if the device is usable from within the OS it's got to be OK > > It should be listed somewhere in the bios? It is in the CMOS setup utility. Otherwise nowhere that I can find in the BIOS.
From: Jan Alter on 17 Jan 2010 14:35 "Flip Wilson" <Rightback(a)cha.com> wrote in message news:hivnuf$k98$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote in > news:hivcec$bap$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> >> So what happens if you choose > 5) - 7) Hard drives and select the >> subcategory HL-DT-STDVD-RA ? > > I'm sorry, Jan. I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The list I > was referring to were available boot devices. I don't think there are any > subcategories. 5) - 7) Represent my 3 hard drives. I guess I misunderstood so am sorry for the direction I was trying to lead you. I thought the HL-DT-STDVD-RA was showing up as a bootable device under the hard drive category. Another thought to try is disconnecting the Sony CD-ROM drive and keep the DVD drive attached. And here goes the stretch thought: check out the mb maker's website to see if there is an updated bios, and if there is read what their comments are to what it fixes. -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net
From: VanguardLH on 17 Jan 2010 16:16 Flip Wilson wrote: > "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote in news:hiv4ai$obh$1(a)news.eternal- > september.org: > >> >> Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? > > In the CMOS setup utility, my CDROM drive shows up as "SONY CD-RW CRX" under "IDE > Primary Master". My DVD drive shows up as "HL-DT-STDVD-RA" under "IDE Primary > Slave" > > As for boot options, there are 9 options: > 1) Floppy > 2) - 4) Card Reader > 5) - 7) Hard drives > 8) "CD/DVD: PM-SONY CD-RW CRX216" > 9) Disabled > > So my CD drive is available to boot from. There isn't a boot *order* configuration (i.e., what order of drive types to use)? Try using the following boot device order: first=#1(floppy) second=#8(CD/DVD) third=#5-7(hard disk) Did you have a disc in the CD-RW drive and not in the DVD-RA drive? That might've been why the first drive with media was listed. It may also simply list the first found device but any such device type would work. That is, if you put a disc in the CD-RW drive then you can boot from that, but there is no disc in that one but there is in the next device (DVD-RA) then that device gets used for booting. What is the current boot *order* now? You said that you were able to boot using the DVD-RA drive when you installed Windows 7. You sure it was the DVD drive and not the CD-RW drive? Did you open the case at any time to change hardware before or after your install of Windows 7? Maybe you tugged on the data cable going to the DVD drive and pulled it off or loosened it. Can you use the DVD drive (not for booting but just reading files off discs that you put in it)?
From: Lucas on 17 Jan 2010 18:31 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:40:04 +0000 (UTC), Flip Wilson <Rightback(a)cha.com> wrote: >I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to >boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows >boots. Any help would be appreciated. Is it with the same install-disc you can't boot ? or an other bootable disk ? or not at all possible to boot from any bootable disc ? It is possible that the format of the un-bootable disk is 'ISO 13346 UDF' standard; Some older BIOS (maybe +/- 4 years old) don't recognise always this format and give possible an 'error 15', and take the next bootable device specified in the BIOS. If that is the problem, it's possible to boot with a bootable 'workaround BIOS' LINUX floppy, set as first boot, and then select the ISO/UDF-disc. Lucas
From: Flip Wilson on 18 Jan 2010 07:19
VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hivunu$umj$1(a)news.albasani.net: > > There isn't a boot *order* configuration (i.e., what order of drive > types to use)? Try using the following boot device order: > > first=#1(floppy) > second=#8(CD/DVD) > third=#5-7(hard disk) > Yes. There is a boot order. I've already tried that boot order, and my PC always boots from the hard drive. Just for kicks, I tried making my CD drive my first, second AND third boot device, (with "Boot other device" set to "NO") and it still booted from the hard drive, which I wasn't expecting. Looks like my PC boots from one of my hard drive regardless of the boot device order. > Did you have a disc in the CD-RW drive and not in the DVD-RA drive? > That might've been why the first drive with media was listed. It may > also simply list the first found device but any such device type would > work. That is, if you put a disc in the CD-RW drive then you can boot > from that, but there is no disc in that one but there is in the next > device (DVD-RA) then that device gets used for booting. Good point. I've tried booting with a CD in my CD drive and DVD in my DVD drive. Neither will boot. > > What is the current boot *order* now? You said that you were able to > boot using the DVD-RA drive when you installed Windows 7. You sure it > was the DVD drive and not the CD-RW drive? Yes. Windows 7 was installed from a DVD, not a CD. > Did you open the case at any time to change hardware before or after > your install of Windows 7? Before I installed windows7, I replaced a TV card. I was able to boot from my DVD drive then because I was able to install windows. After windows was installed and my DVD drive couldn't boot, I unplugged the data and power cables to the DVD drive, rebooted, then turned the PC off and reconnected the cables securely to let the DVD be detected again. Maybe you tugged on the data cable going > to the DVD drive and pulled it off or loosened it. > > Can you use the DVD drive (not for booting but just reading files off > discs that you put in it)? Yes. Once Windows 7 boots, my DVD drive works fine. |