My computer keeps booting from CDROM?

Question

i have a second computer and i havent used it for a while, it keeps trying to boot from CD ROM, i have gone into setup and changed everyting back to default settings, but it still hasnt worked? it keeps saying insert cd setup CD and press enter? does any one know whats going on? please help!

Answer 1

go into bios settings and make sure cd rom is start up disc and not the hard drive....

Answer 2

Is there a CD in the CD ROM when you try to boot the computer? Some systems will search the drivers for your OS before it searches your hard drive, and if it finds a disc or flash memory card, it will try to boot from those before it boots from the C:.

If that isn't your problem, I would try uninstalling and re-installing the driver for the CD-Rom.

Answer 3

it sounds like the computer either can not find the hard drive or the hard drive is faulty.  And last but not least if you have added any hardware lately it could be causing a conflict.

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Answer 4

Go into the BIOS (press F2 when you boot up- some computers use a different F key- just experiment)

There will be a setting for boot order- this normally goes floppy-harddrive-CD.

If it's got CD before hard drive, change it so it looks on the hard drive first.

If hard drive is before CD- there's a problem with the OS on your hard drive & you need to reinstall it.

Answer 5

1) Check your BIOS settingss.

Press 'del' while booting to enter BIOS setup and locate the boot order settings. The first device should be your HDD, not CD-DVD drive.

2) Maybe your HDD's messed up. You can check it out by putting it in an another computer. If the HDD's physically ok, try reinstalling the system.

Answer 6

So it has an operating system already installed? Every BIOS is different, but go to boot options and make sure your hdd is at the top. Resting to default might not work because mayb booting from CDROM is the default you're resetting the wrong settings. Just double check the HDD is the first one on the boot list. Also make sure the HDD is plugged in and working properly. You can try unplugging it and plugging it back in. If everything fails get a usb cable for your hdd and test mounting it on another computer.  

Answer 7

go into bios settings and make sure cd rom is startup disc and not the hard drive

Answer 8

I would say most likely cause is that the operating system on the hard drive is not valid.

Do make sure there is not a CD in the CD-ROM drive. A non-bootable CD in the CD-ROM drive can cause this error too (same with a non-bootabootable floppy disk).

Answer 9

Reinstall XP or install Vista, and then set everything up again. That should do the trick.

Answer 10

Go to bios > boot > set hdd on no1