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Boot from CD in Windows XP

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by crucheau

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I am working on an old PC. The floppy drive doesn't work. In the BIOS, I set the boot sequence to start from the CD-Rom. I have a bootable CD in the CD-Rom but when I start the PC, it goes straight to load Windows XP. I was wondering if anyone can tell me which F function allows to choose the boot order.
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by computercookie

What is the CD that you're Trying to boot from?

Also, so specs please, including BIOS. Are there any prompt to change boot order during POST

by oh smeg

If it's a 486 or older the CD was connected to a Sound card and isn't bootable.

$Everything here depends on the Hardware being used to see if this is even possible.

Col

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