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Article #479Re: Boot Order Screwed UP
From: Rod Speed
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:44
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:44
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Anonymous Sender <anonymous@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote: > I cannot get my comp to boot first from a System CD. It used to but > something changed. I have to have the boot order that way to boot from > my Acronis Bsckup CD if my C: drive won't boot. > > When I go into the setup using F2, it does show the CD first in line > with the number one in front of it, but that doesn't seem to matter. > > Any suggestions? The drive or the cable to it may have gone flakey. The bios will skip items in the boot list that it decides arent bootable, most obviously when there is no CD in the drive etc.
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