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I have a DELL Optiplex GX520 and having problems booting up from the CD drive. When I place CD ROM in the drive, I think that pc still boots up from the hard drive first, can any one help so that I can make the pc boot up from the CD drive first?
Lee
Thanks Joey64. Have tried this, but when going via F2, I go to the set up, and have tried to change the boot set up so that the CD is the first thing to boot, but it's still not working. Have also tried to go via the F12 system set up, but still not working, Thanks anyway.
Lee.Thanks Joey64. Have tried this, but when going via F2, I go to the set up, and have tried to change the boot set up so that the CD is the first thing to boot, but it's still not working. Have also tried to go via the F12 system set up, but still not working, Thanks anyway.
Lee.
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Sometimes for whatever reason a BIOS will jump over the CD even if it is the first boot device and there is a CD in the drive.
Two things.
Change all the boot devices to CD, that way it has no choice it has to boot from the CD or throw up an error.
Make sure your CD is bootable, even if you are using an original Windows CD, put it in another machine and make sure it boots, it may be damaged.
You need to go to the bios setting, upon switching on you need to press delete to enter to the bios setting (note: some motherboards uses either F1 or F2 or F10 defends on your MOBO) then go to boot set up, select the first boot device as the cd rom then save and exit (F10)
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Sounds like you may have multiple problems. Suggest trying to eliminate possible causes by removing components. Remove any PCI cards like modem, video card, sound card, etc... Remove the memory modules and disconnect cables to CD/DVD drives. Look at the USB ports to see if any are damaged. Remove the components one at a time and see if the LED's change.
Ensure the disk and ROM compatibility. check the CD/DVD in other drive and vice versa (another CD/DVD in PC CD/DVD ROM. then ensure the booting sequence in BIOS setup. if every thing is ok and fine then the problem is with your CD/DVD ROM.
Place your operating system disc in the ROM drive restart computer and restore the windows software it will do the rest for you. If you need drivers go to dell.com they have them there one the restore is done.
If the CD will not boot up it is because you will need to change the boot to boot from CD as the first boot. Hit F2 when you restart the computer. This will get you into setup then go to boot sequence choose CD first Hard Drive second boot hit F10 to save. Off you go. John
Hello,
Make sure you set the BIOS to boot on the CD rom first. You can set it via the BIOS utility. Usually you press the F5 key and then go to boot options. And then place your CD ROM drive on the 1st boot priority.
Make sure also that your CD installer is working and not from a bad ISO download.
you either have the boot priority in the bios off or you have improperly cabled your hard drive . perhaps you set it to boot to cd while installing the operating system and forgot to change the order back.
The floppy drive does not have to be present for the system to boot (if set to "not installed" in bios)
your boot devices are your cd/dvd rom and your harddrive.
Seeing as you've recently replaced the power supply , ime assuming you didnt dismantle the whole computer , just the power leads coming from the power supply, which means you only moved power , not data cables.
This would be the first thing to check -- power to the harddrive and cd rom, the 4 pin connector that sometimes connects to the motherboard and any data cables you might have bumped while changing the power cables. check these things and post here again.
Regards
when the pc in post usually on dells bios there is a boot menu option it is usually f12 if you don't know what your doing in the bios it is not a good place to test your skills after pressing F12 just choose cd rom for boot
I have experienced this problem as well, it is either the CD is scratch
or the CD-rom lens needs cleaning, however it can read the content of
the CD, I would susgest you try a another CD-rom ,
borrow it from a friend. It works for me.
Thanks Joey64. Have tried this, but when going via F2, I go to the set up, and have tried to change the boot set up so that the CD is the first thing to boot, but it's still not working. Have also tried to go via the F12 system set up, but still not working, Thanks anyway.
Lee.
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