ricstat05
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Registered: 25th Jul 06
Location: bridlington
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hi, im trying to reload xp on to my little sisters pc, i have been told to go into the bios and switch it to load cd rom first, i have done this but no joy its still not loading the cd, i have to do it this way because at the minute it doesnt load up past the microsoft xp black logo screen, any help would be great, the pc in mind is a packard bell
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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Try using another XP disc or different CD ROM drive
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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you need a FULL version of windows to be able to install it unless you can enter windows and upgrade it
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ricstat05
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Registered: 25th Jul 06
Location: bridlington
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i have the windows xp pro disk, and i just cant get the computer to load to enable me to load it normally so it needs to be done via bios i must just not be doing it right.
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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You will need to create a bootable CD.
If you have Nero you can do one with this program.
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ricstat05
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Registered: 25th Jul 06
Location: bridlington
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i have been on the packard bell website and it made me download something and to put it on floppy or cdrom, but i thought that this would just take back up files off the pc, but will this enable me to take it off my pc and then put it on the packard bell one, if you get me
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Swiftie
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Registered: 7th Jan 05
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Your not suppose to load the OS from the BIOS. You just need to change the boot sequence. So it boots from CD 1st before anything else.
Then once you have the sequence changed. You save the BIOS settings and reboot the PC.
As long as the settings have been saved properly. Then with the CD in the drive. You should get an option upon boot that says "To boot from CD press here"
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ricstat05
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Registered: 25th Jul 06
Location: bridlington
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i have tried that mate but no joy
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12vMatt
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Registered: 28th Oct 06
Location: Sunderland
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you could try removing the hard drive from the boot sequence and setting all of the boot devices to the cd drive
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