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June 27th, 2004 14:00

Fresh install of Home XP HELP!

Hi, i have a dell Dimension and the hard drive went on it. I installed a new one but come to find out that the dell software it came with is not a bootable CD. What do i need to do to install my original dell XP software on the PC?

 

Please HELP!!!!

 

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    volcano11

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    Posted June 27th, 2004 15:00


    The Windows XP Reinstallation CD is indeed a bootable CD.  If you have two CD/DVD drives, try both of the them.  Have you set your CD-ROM drive as the first device in the Boot Sequence in the BIOS?

    Steve

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    Timnkate

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    Posted June 28th, 2004 03:00

    If you have a partition on the system and boot to the windows CD it will give a message "Press any key to boot to CD" and if you don't press it within seconds it will boot to the hard drive and can appear that the system is not booting to the CD. If that is not the case, check to see if you have it set to boot to the CD like the guy before me suggested. Also the top drive is usually the only drive bootable.

    Jesse

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    NVRambo

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    Posted June 29th, 2004 01:00

    All good advice.  Also, assuming that your Dimension is a newer model, you can simply press F12 at the Dell splash screen to reach a boot menu that allows you to choose to boot from the CDROM......

     

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