Can't boot from DVD drive
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From: Maurice Batey on 19 Jan 2010 11:47 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:23:31 +0000, Flip Wilson wrote: > It is in the CMOS setup utility. Otherwise nowhere that I can find in the > BIOS. I'm just getting used to the ASUS BIOS in my new PC, and also had a problem booting from other than the 1st hard drive. At first, I kept having to go into BIOS to change the boot order if I wanted to boot from e.g. a LiveDVD. Then I discovered that if I press F8 during the switch-on period, a Boot Menu would appear, and I could simply select which entry in the table to use. (This is not mentioned in the manual!) With my previous PC it was F11 I ahd to hit during P.O.S.T. -- /\/\aurice (Retired in Surrey, UK) Registered Linux User #487649 Linux Mandriva 2010.0 32-bit PowerPack (i686 kernel) KDE 4.3.2 Virtualbox 3.1.2 Firefox 3.5.7 (Replace "nomail.afraid" by "bcs" to reply by email)
From: ~misfit~ on 21 Jan 2010 02:19 Somewhere on teh intarwebs Flip Wilson wrote: > 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. But did you have a bootable disk in your drive/s? You can't boot what ain't bootable. -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: basudec1509 on 24 Jan 2010 13:12 Flip Wilson;1025803 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. hello guys ... its really nice post.... i just liked it.... thanks.... -- basudec1509
From: Flip Wilson on 30 Jan 2010 17:30 Joel <Joel(a)NoSpam.com> wrote in > > 1. If the BIOS can't see the DVD then you may want to check the > connection. Checked power and data connections. Both are fine. > > 2. If the BIOS can see the DVD but won't allow to boot from DVD, and > it did before then either > > a. You have overlooked something > b. Or the motherboard gone south? I don't think it's the motherboard going south. Other than not being able to boot from the DVD drive after installing Windows 7, everything else is fine.
From: Flip Wilson on 30 Jan 2010 17:33
Joel <Joel(a)NoSpam.com> wrote in > > Until you give enough information so other won't have to make > newer wild > guess, all I can do is giving you the very basic simple general answer > > 1. BIOS, you can see CD-ROM and other storage devices from about > 2 or more > locations. To select booting from CD-ROM you will need to go > to the > booting order selection from a specific MENU I have tried the boot order menu in the BIOS. The DVD drive is not on the list of available devices to boot from. I can also press F11 during the POST to get a different boot order list for the current session. Here, my DVD drive IS available to boot from. I select it (with a proven bootable disk in the drive), and all I get is a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. > 2. On some (not ALL) BIOS, it may give you the option to press F8 > during > booting to displaying the booting selection, and if the CD-ROM > is working then it should show the CD-ROM option. It's still > better to set BIOS to boot from CD-ROM (first) for installation. > > This "F8" option is from the BIOS *not* Windows, or you have > option to > press F8 to boot to SAFE MODE I can also press F11 during the POST to get a different boot order list for the current session. Here, my DVD drive IS available to boot from. I select it (with a proven bootable disk in the drive), and all I get is a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner. |