I have a problem with my acer laptop!?

Question

i wanna reformat my acer 3260 travelmate laptop, but it doesn't boot from recovery cd i.have set boot priority to cd rom but it doesn't show anything.when i change the priority or exclude network boot or HDD from priority queue ,it shows errors like OS not found or no file is found then it gives a message exiting PXE rom.

there's no problem with my dvd rom or recovery cd.

what can i do?

Answer 1

to boot OS frm a  CD, it should be in a bootable disc format

Answer 2

Did you have a dual boot setup before you tried - as in 2 partitions with different BIOS boot orders? If you did, then check the BIOS on both partitions. If you didn't have a dual boot - ignore this solution, go to next one:

Change BIOS boot order back to normal and....

Check your optical CD drive to make sure it's actually working. Put in an CD with an EXE file and see if it'll execute at all. If it does.....

Insert the  recovery CD, go into Safe Mode w/out networking. And open the boot disk from within My Computer. It's if-y that might work, but it's worth a try.

Last option before smashing the Acer to bits *jk* - go to your Recovery Partition and look for the Recovery Manager and execute from there. Since I don't know which OS you're on, I can't give step by step instructions on where it's located. If not on the Recovery Partition, it could be under Programs, Accessories, System Tools.

Answer 3

For a computer to boot from the cd the disc has to have an executable file (.exe) that takes the information on the disc into the system. Your recovery cd doesnt contain that file.Use the operating system disc if you want to reformat your computer.