I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put the
CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the BIOS setup)
restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD when prompted
during startup when it says "press any key to boot from CD".

What gives?

Thanks,
Rob H.

designo wrote:
> I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
> the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
> BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
> when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
> CD".
> What gives?

When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

HTH

designo wrote:
> I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
> the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
> BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
> when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
> CD".
> What gives?

When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

HTH

designo wrote:
> I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
> the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
> BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
> when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
> CD".
> What gives?

When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

HTH

Rebecca wrote...
> designo wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>CD".
>>What gives?
>
>
> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
> keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned the
BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

Rebecca wrote...
> designo wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>CD".
>>What gives?
>
>
> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
> keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned the
BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

Rebecca wrote...
> designo wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>CD".
>>What gives?
>
>
> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of the
> keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the HDD.

No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned the
BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

It needs updating even though the BIOS is set to boot from a CD?
Rob


"Alfonz Mephesto" <amephesto@geneticengineeringranch.com> wrote in message
news:sWycf.18313$dO2.8880@newssvr29.news.prodigy.n et...
> Rebecca wrote...
>> designo wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>>CD".
>>>What gives?
>>
>>
>> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of
>> the keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the
>> HDD.
>
> No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned
> the
> BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
> booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
> could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
> try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
> BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

It needs updating even though the BIOS is set to boot from a CD?
Rob


"Alfonz Mephesto" <amephesto@geneticengineeringranch.com> wrote in message
news:sWycf.18313$dO2.8880@newssvr29.news.prodigy.n et...
> Rebecca wrote...
>> designo wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>>CD".
>>>What gives?
>>
>>
>> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of
>> the keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the
>> HDD.
>
> No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned
> the
> BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
> booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
> could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
> try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
> BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

It needs updating even though the BIOS is set to boot from a CD?
Rob


"Alfonz Mephesto" <amephesto@geneticengineeringranch.com> wrote in message
news:sWycf.18313$dO2.8880@newssvr29.news.prodigy.n et...
> Rebecca wrote...
>> designo wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>>the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>>BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>>when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>>CD".
>>>What gives?
>>
>>
>> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of
>> the keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the
>> HDD.
>
> No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned
> the
> BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
> booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
> could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
> try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
> BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

Alfonz Mephesto, <amephesto@geneticengineeringranch.com>, the ill-breeding,
ossified dumbass, and marshlands attendant, blared:

> the BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS
> is set to prevent booting from CD as that would negate the Windows
> security settings

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Alfonz Mephesto, <amephesto@geneticengineeringranch.com>, the ill-breeding,
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> the BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS
> is set to prevent booting from CD as that would negate the Windows
> security settings

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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If the "press any key to boot from CD" prompt then it IS already looking
for boot info from the CD, but it sounds like the next step in the boot
process is failing.


Alfonz Mephesto wrote:
> Rebecca wrote...
>
>> designo wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>> the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>> BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>> when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>> CD".
>>> What gives?
>>
>>
>>
>> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of
>> the keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the
>> HDD.
>
>
> No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned the
> BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
> booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
> could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
> try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
> BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.

If the "press any key to boot from CD" prompt then it IS already looking
for boot info from the CD, but it sounds like the next step in the boot
process is failing.


Alfonz Mephesto wrote:
> Rebecca wrote...
>
>> designo wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to format my hard drive with my recovery/ boot disk. I put
>>> the CD in the drive (I made sure the CD drive was the primary in the
>>> BIOS setup) restarted the computer but it will not go the recovery CD
>>> when prompted during startup when it says "press any key to boot from
>>> CD".
>>> What gives?
>>
>>
>>
>> When it says, "Press any key to boot from CD" you need to press one of
>> the keys on your Keyboard to get it to boot from the CD instead of the
>> HDD.
>
>
> No, he's right, I tried that too and it didn't work. Someone mentioned the
> BIOS settings need to be updated, as I think the BIOS is set to prevent
> booting from CD as that would negate the Windows security settings (you
> could bypass folder access restrictions if you booted into Linux). I'll
> try to find it, it was some complex and dangerous procedure to update the
> BIOS so as to be able to boot off of a CD.