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by bigal1005

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Recently my PC has been getting slugish, so it
looked like a good time for a clean install
from XP cd. Even after setting bios to boot
from cd, nothing happens. It's not recognizing
the cd. Trying to install from within XP from
e.g my computer or run, cd not recognized.
Occassionly cd starts to run, and install, but
then encounters a problem. Don't think drive is
the problem, tried reinsatalling drivers, but
still the same. HELP

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by Former member

1). Is your cd/dvd drive showing in the BIOS?.
If not then get another and test it out.

2). Make your boot order similar to this:
2a. First boot device. Cd/dvd drive.
2b. Second boot device. Floppy drive.
2c. Third boot device. Hdd (master if IDE type hdd).

3). If all fails then in the BIOS click on "Load default settings". Reboot your computer and try again.

4). Download this to format your hdd (just in case).
Killdisk:
http://www.killdisk.com/
This will take about 3 to 4 hours to format your drive, but there is no turning back when this is done. This will wipe your drive of everything. When it is finished load on your Windows disk.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

by jiminpa

You drive can read other CDs correct? Verify that first. Can the disc be read in another PC? If not then likely your disc is bad (I know thanks for stating the obvious right?) :)

If your XP disc is a factory restore disc that you got with your PC and not an actual XP disc there maybe hope. You may be able to create a bootable XP disc from the files you already have on your hard drive. See if this helps.

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml

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by oh smeg

Also do you have a IDE or SATA Optical Drive?

If it is a SATA Drive and the M'Board doesn't have Native Support for SATA Drives you need to use a IDE Optical Drive to boot from.

If however under Windows this Optical drive reads all but this Windows Install CD then the obvious thing is that the CD is damaged and no longer usable.It may be possible to clean the Data Face of the CD but it may need replacing.

However if it is a Recorded CD as apposed to a Manufactured CD it may be the Dye Type on the Blank Disc that is not readable with this Optical Drive. If that is the case you'll need to either replace the Optical Drive with one that can read this Dye or the Disc with a different Dye Type.

Col

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