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XP CD Rom issue/booting

chipinmyheadchipinmyhead Posts: 23
edited March 2009 in Technical Stuff and Help
Okay, so I'm trying to reinstall windows XP, and I know that I need to boot from the CD ROM to do so, but this time when I go into the bios to make the CD drive the 1st option, next to the drive it says "Not Present." The drive works fine, and when I boot normally I can see the disc in the drive, explore it, etc. If anyone has any idea what I can do to fix this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    This is so bizzare, can't really think of what to do, just thought i'd let you know at least one person has thought about it.

    Have you tried the auto find in the bios?
  • chipinmyheadchipinmyhead Posts: 23
    Thanks for the response. No, I've never seen that feature. Where is that found and how does it work?
    "They would have you kill all the world's children to save theirs."- Maura Kincaid
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    even if it says it cant be found, you can still go into it i think and like autofind or something like that.

    Got any friends with an external dvd drive you could try?
  • chipinmyheadchipinmyhead Posts: 23
    uh, probably, but not any time soon. If you know how to do this autofind, please enlighten me. Thanks.
    "They would have you kill all the world's children to save theirs."- Maura Kincaid
  • TravelarTravelar Posts: 3,403
    Is this an actual CD? If it's burned, chances are it's not bootable.
  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    chipinmyhead wrote:
    Okay, so I'm trying to reinstall windows XP, and I know that I need to boot from the CD ROM to do so, but this time when I go into the bios to make the CD drive the 1st option, next to the drive it says "Not Present." The drive works fine, and when I boot normally I can see the disc in the drive, explore it, etc. If anyone has any idea what I can do to fix this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

    does windows xp have a "counter" in it? how many times have you reinstalled?
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  • TravelarTravelar Posts: 3,403
    iluvcats wrote:
    chipinmyhead wrote:
    Okay, so I'm trying to reinstall windows XP, and I know that I need to boot from the CD ROM to do so, but this time when I go into the bios to make the CD drive the 1st option, next to the drive it says "Not Present." The drive works fine, and when I boot normally I can see the disc in the drive, explore it, etc. If anyone has any idea what I can do to fix this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

    does windows xp have a "counter" in it? how many times have you reinstalled?

    That's based on the activation key. He isn't even to that point yet.
  • chipinmyheadchipinmyhead Posts: 23
    I've never reinstalled on this machine before. The problem isn't the disc, which is the XP disc that came with the machine, but the drive, which shows up in the bios as "not present." Which I guess means it doesnt' show up in the bios. But the drive works fine once the PC is booted. Hope that helps.
    "They would have you kill all the world's children to save theirs."- Maura Kincaid
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    chipinmyhead wrote:
    I've never reinstalled on this machine before. The problem isn't the disc, which is the XP disc that came with the machine, but the drive, which shows up in the bios as "not present." Which I guess means it doesnt' show up in the bios. But the drive works fine once the PC is booted. Hope that helps.

    Then you should try to get another internal or external dvd/cd drive
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    laptop or tower?
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    Make sure your DVD drive is primary and not slave.
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    is it an SATA drive by any chance?
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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