R roast_beef Solid State Member Messages 9 Mar 29, 2009 #1 i have boot priority for the optical drive set to number one in the BIOS, and i'm getting a prompt saying "press any key to boot from CD" but when i do, nothing happens. any ideas?
i have boot priority for the optical drive set to number one in the BIOS, and i'm getting a prompt saying "press any key to boot from CD" but when i do, nothing happens. any ideas?
Atomic Rooster Omnipotent One Messages 11,161 Location USA Mar 29, 2009 #2 Is the CD in the drive bootable?
OP OP R roast_beef Solid State Member Messages 9 Mar 29, 2009 #3 well it's a .iso that i just burned to a cd?
Atomic Rooster Omnipotent One Messages 11,161 Location USA Mar 29, 2009 #4 What happens when you insert the CD into a working computer? Does it auto run the program on the CD? What do you see on the CD?
What happens when you insert the CD into a working computer? Does it auto run the program on the CD? What do you see on the CD?
P PvilleStang In Runtime Messages 152 Location Republic of Texas Mar 30, 2009 #5 Well, did you burn the .iso to CD, or did you open the ISO in a burning program and let it burn the image to disk?
Well, did you burn the .iso to CD, or did you open the ISO in a burning program and let it burn the image to disk?
OP OP R roast_beef Solid State Member Messages 9 Mar 30, 2009 #6 when I put into a windows vista machine a prompt comes up with the old windows 2000 logo asking me how I want to run or something like that that. @pville: I put in roxio and just sorta burned it... it's a .ISO of windows 2000, btw.
when I put into a windows vista machine a prompt comes up with the old windows 2000 logo asking me how I want to run or something like that that. @pville: I put in roxio and just sorta burned it... it's a .ISO of windows 2000, btw.