install new laptop hdd, laptop will not boot from cd

fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
edited August 2006 in Hardware
im stuck...

replaced laptop hdd cause its dying

go into bios and select cdrom as first boot device and put winxp cd in cdrom(it IS bootable, used it many times)

reboot, only thing on screen is Operating System not found.

the laptop cdrom light blinks for a little bit but does nothing

tried winXP sp2 cd, winXP sp1 cd, and win2k cd

any help please?

ps: no floppy drive on laptop

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  • tcithtcith Sydney, Australia Member
    edited August 2005
    what brand/model laptop - on my IBM here I still have to press F12 to select boot device regardless of the entry in BIOS

    Other laptops sometimes need you to hold down a key like "C" tp indicate you want the CD-ROM to boot.

    Also is the new HDD being detected as well?
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    bios detects the new hdd

    Compaq 906US

    i dont see any other display for F12/F2 etc
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    im gonna try flashing the bios to newer version with old hdd...maybe got flaky bios
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    WOOOOHOOOO bios flash works :thumbsup:

    now i gotta load windows :shakehead
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2005
    Glad I was able to help you out, buddy! :)

    /me is shameless... :mullet:
    tcith - thanks for the good suggestions. :thumbsup:
  • GhostRaiderGhostRaider
    edited August 2006
    fatcat6 wrote:
    im stuck...

    replaced laptop hdd cause its dying

    go into bios and select cdrom as first boot device and put winxp cd in cdrom(it IS bootable, used it many times)

    reboot, only thing on screen is Operating System not found.

    the laptop cdrom light blinks for a little bit but does nothing

    tried winXP sp2 cd, winXP sp1 cd, and win2k cd

    any help please?

    ps: no floppy drive on laptop

    I have a very similar problem, f12 or f2 does not work , no floppy drive, and i dont have another hard drive any ideas on how to install windows ?

    Thank's
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2006
    Check in the BIOS and make sure that the cdrom drive is set as the first boot device.

    If your mention about F2 and F12 was because you can't get into the BIOS, try all the Fxx keys, along with the Delete key. What model laptop do you have?
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    actually prof, when i set the bios to load from cd first it DIDN"T work!..what did work was loading DEFAULT settings. then it booted from cd fine:banghead:
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