Booting of USB Drive Problem HELP!!!!

[niceties55]

I have an Archos External DVD-R and I am trying to do a System Recovery on my Sharp Actius MM10 (tiny one no external CD).

It recognizes the cd drive when in windows but it wont boot from it.

I also set sys. bios boot order and i have put cd 1st and 2nd in boot order and it still wont boot.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[wozelbeak]

what are you using to do the system recovery?
is it a bootable disc?
woz

 

[niceties55]

Yes a system recovery and yes it is a bootable disk.

 

[~mr mixx~]

ok try this...right after your computer logo dissapears...re-peat hitting the f1 or f2 key to get it to bring up the boot screen..then you should be able to choose boot from CD.

if that don't work do the same only hold down the delete key..see if that works.

 

[Lord Kalthorn]

Depending on the age of the Computer it might not without Windows have the USB Drivers, in which case it would not see the CD Drive. In the BIOS it might even come up as a USB Device as a Bootup option?

 

[niceties55]

oops i have 2 of these open can a mod please merge this topic

 

[Brookfield]

I have an Archos External DVD-R and I am trying to do a System Recovery on my Sharp Actius MM10 (tiny one no external CD).

It recognizes the cd drive when in windows but it wont boot from it.

I also set sys. bios boot order and i have put cd 1st and 2nd in boot order and it still wont boot.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Two identical threads, no point in doing this.