Start windows from cd drive

You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 3. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. SarahKong Independent Advisor. Are you trying to boot your machine from CD?

If so, then you need to tell your BIOS to do this. There are many ways to get to your BIOS depending on your manufacturer. Below is a link that talks about this. Hope this helps. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP Potentially Unwanted Products. Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. DaveM Independent Advisor. However a driver disk is dated as soon as it's pressed. You should always go to the PC, motherboard or device's Support Downloads web page to access the latest drivers for your model PC, motherboard or device.

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If you find this site useful, please link to us. The Start screen should appear. Type "settings" without the quotes. Click it. Click "Update and recovery" in the left column of the screen that appears. Press any key.

After a number of restarts, the previous screen with 'Press any key to Boot from CD. Ignore it this time. Update Windows and the security software.

This should help protect against some viruses and improve stability. Make sure that all your hardware is working. Unlike OEM installs, there can be some issues here. You might want to go to the hardware manufacturers' websites for the latest drivers. You are done with installing Windows, now take a Quick Tour, as Windows will pop-up a message for it.

OEM means "original equipment manufacturer. Yes No. Not Helpful 2 Helpful Is this procedure for installing Windows XP the same as for installing Windows 7? The process of installing Windows XP and Windows 7 is different.

The Windows XP setup is divided into two parts -- the first part is basic, which allows you to operate the keyboard only, and the second part is graphical. You can only use the mouse to make changes in the second part. In the Windows 7 setup, you can use the mouse during whole setup, which makes things easier.

The Windows 7 setup is more user-friendly, in my opinion. Not Helpful 3 Helpful Microsoft introduced it with the Windows NT operating system. Not Helpful 4 Helpful It is recommended to have at least 10GB worth of space in your system for any minimal usage of the Office suite of products, such as Word, or Excel.

However, based on Wikipedia, any amount of space above 1. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 7. Go into your BIOS. Then, just save and exit. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 3. You don't do this, it's a pirated software. Get an original copy from a trusted vendor.

Not Helpful 6 Helpful Look on YouTube. Specifically Professor Messor.