CD/DVD drive not recognized in bios boot sequence - help please? - TechRepublic
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March 31, 2008 at 05:38 AM
craigfrombath

CD/DVD drive not recognized in bios boot sequence – help please?

by craigfrombath . Updated 18 years, 3 months ago

Hi.
I am doing a clean install of XP on my PC but bios wont recognize my CD/DVD (Pioneer) in the boot sequence so I cant reinstall windows.

I have noticed that it does show up as my secondary master on the main bios screen but when I try and change the boot sequence the bios only shows up my HDD (maxtor). It does give an option to boot from CD/DVD but my my drive isnt listed (no drive is listed in fact). It just reads CD/DVD:

Is it time to update my bios from a USB stick (can you do that?) or is there some other explanation.

Many thanks

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