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by wmcclure01

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I've tried to boot with ultimate boot cd and it will not boot. can't load windows on it. all it'll do is come on, show specifications of computer and say press F2 to change settings but I can't even do that because I got the laptop at a pawnshop a couple of years ago and it worked good up to about 2 months ago then it started going haywire and finally wouldn't come on like it's supposed to.Now I only get a reading of: SETUPDD.SYS-PAGE-FAULT-IN NONPAGED-AREA. TED

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by older mycroft

What make and model of laptop?
What operating system?
How much RAM is installed?

Any blue-screens recently?
Any error messages apart from the posted one?

by oh smeg

You need to enter BIOS and change the Boot Order and have the Optical Drive as the first Boot Device or if you have a floppy your boot Order should read as follows.

First Boot Device = Floppy
Second Boot Device = Optical Drive this is either a CD or DVD type drive
Third Boot Device = HDD.

After you save the changes you should be able to boot from the Ultimate Boot CD and run Diagnostic Tests over the NB.

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by gary56789

boot into Safe Mode (continuously tap F8 key upon rebooting until you see a menu, use cursor keys to select Safe Mode and tap the Enter key)?

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