Can't boot from DVD drive
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From: Flip Wilson on 16 Jan 2010 23:40 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.
From: VanguardLH on 17 Jan 2010 05:05 Flip Wilson 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. Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot from that drive before? Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings?
From: Flip Wilson on 17 Jan 2010 08:23 VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hiunc8$kfd$1(a)news.albasani.net: > Flip Wilson wrote: > >> I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't >> available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works >> fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. > > Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive > *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the > same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot > from that drive before? > > Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? > Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting.
From: philo on 17 Jan 2010 08:45 Flip Wilson wrote: > VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hiunc8$kfd$1(a)news.albasani.net: > >> Flip Wilson wrote: >> >>> I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't >>> available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works >>> fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. >> Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive >> *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the >> same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot >> from that drive before? >> >> Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? >> > > Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot > order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting. That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD
From: Jan Alter on 17 Jan 2010 08:46
"Flip Wilson" <Rightback(a)cha.com> wrote in message news:hiv317$gff$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hiunc8$kfd$1(a)news.albasani.net: > >> Flip Wilson 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. >> >> Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive >> *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the >> same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot >> from that drive before? >> >> Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? >> > > Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot > order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting. Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net |