Windows XP CD wont boot

[Glox]

Im trying to reformat my parents computer that got lol virused and I cant get it to boot off my XP cd.

I do the whole f12 thing and it wont load. Says f1 to retry and f2 for setup. I deactivated harddrive and floppy booting so its just on the CD. I used this CD to reformat my comp numerous times and that comp too so Im pretty sure the CD is good.

[brdmichaud]

Disc may be licensed for your comp only.....

[pixiestyx]

no brd, you're not on the same page.  he hasn't even gotten to the installation part yet, still trying just to boot off cd.  I'm not the person to talk to about it, where's banem and ding?

[Glox]

I might just buy a new hard drive for the old comp and save myself the trouble.

I guess it could be the virus somehow screwing things up. AVG won't get rid of it. Ad-Aware doesn't seem to help either. Comp gets constant popups and slows down to a crawl. Annoying!

[fury]

will it run W7 or is it too old?

[trooper is j]

There is a program called DBAN i suggest you use it. when you first start the computer, you need to go into the bios, then select your drive you want to boot from.  do that, choose your cd/dvd drive to boot from, make sure you have the disk in the cd tray.  once you get dban booted, follow the instructions and it will wipe your hard drive. you can then re install windows.

[Shippo]

I would first try the disk in another machine just to make sure that it is good.  If it is, I would check your Bios settings to boot off the cd.  If that checks out, try a different cdrom drive.  If that doesn't work, try a different ide port on the motherboard.  Anything after that, I have no idea but I would suspect that the mobo is dead.  I doubt you will go that far.

[bubble]

check to see if your motherboard detects the hard drive, cd drive and whatever else you got
if not then you probably have a dead drive (cd, hdd or whatever)

[Rev. Jim Jones]

Did you go into the BIOS and put boot from CD as first?

[Glox]

Updates:
I did go into Bios and put cd first. I also tried disabling floppy and hd.

The computer boots into XP just fine. Everything works but its missing files/has pop ups/etc so I want to just nuke the drive.

The CD rom works. The disk runs when already loaded in windows.



When I go to boot off it though, it doesn't take. f1 to retry, f2 for setup.

Ive never seen anything like this before =/

[Ban Em All]

so hit f2. did you try that? is it a cd from dell or any other company? and im assuming its a oem to.

[Glox]

Comps a dell. CD is a standard microsoft one. Ive used it to install XP on that comp before.

Hitting f2 takes me to the bios menu and doesn't get me anywhere =[

[Rev. Jim Jones]

Comps a dell. CD is a standard microsoft one. Ive used it to install XP on that comp before.

Hitting f2 takes me to the bios menu and doesn't get me anywhere =[

DONT MOST DELL's have locked B.I.O.S.?

UMMMM A PREBUILT TRY THE RECOVERY CD IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE.

[trooper is j]

Updates:
I did go into Bios and put cd first. I also tried disabling floppy and hd.

The computer boots into XP just fine. Everything works but its missing files/has pop ups/etc so I want to just nuke the drive.

The CD rom works. The disk runs when already loaded in windows.



When I go to boot off it though, it doesn't take. f1 to retry, f2 for setup.

Ive never seen anything like this before =/

Get a copy of Darrens boot and nuke.  http://www.dban.org/download

[Glox]

Will try trooper.

[Glox]

Dban doesnt work. Wont boot. MSDos boot disk cant find C drive to Fdisk. WTF!!!!!!!!!