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by tecnico computer services

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Hi..
I have a Dell 8400 that I am trying to install a new Hard drive in. It's a brand new drive from dell and I have the recovery disk from Dell.
I have installed the HDD and inserted the CD in. The BIOS shows that the CDROM is the 1st boot device but it will not boot to the CD. I have tried multiple bootable CDs and have not been able to boot to any of them. I get an error stating

No boot device available-
strike F1 to try reboot, F2 for setup utility.

I have tried other CDROM drives and cables and they are recognized in the BIOS correctly.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks!

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by oh smeg

http://tinyurl.com/559sfc

But if you have fitted the new HDD correctly and the Optical Drives fail to read the Install Media it really sounds like you have a faulty M'Board with all other things being equal.

Are you sure that you have the right type of Optical Drive for the Media you need to use. A lot of Dell Recovery Disc's now come on DVD not CD so if you are attempting to use a CD Drive of some type it will be unable to read the Media.

OH as this is a question you'll get much faster responses if you where to post it as a Question not a Discussion as you will not be notified when you get responses and a lot of people who answer questions do not look at the Discussion Forums.

Lets know if you need any more information

Col

by pc master

Hi,

please refer to link:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-10879-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=276171&start=0

even i am having same problem, i am having dell inspiron 510m model and replaced the crashed hard disk with the new one. i have got original dell diagnostics cd and OS cd with me but i am not able to boot from dvd rom. it is not accessing the dvd rom at all, i am able to hear the sound from the dvd drive but it just does not show the contents... how it could be work aournd any ideas?? please help me ... the problem is with booting the system...

thanks

by captbilly1eye

Before adding to an old thread, it is always a good idea to read the previous posts in the thread.

OH Smeg said: "as this is a question you'll get much faster responses if you where to post it as a Question not a Discussion as you will not be notified when you get responses and a lot of people who answer questions do not look at the Discussion Forums."

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