[pchelpers] Re: Question about boot disk

You probably have your Cd rom to boot first, then you C drive, you really
need boot sequence thus..............Cd rom then A drive then C drive.  Then
your PC will boot form the one that is available first with a boot program
Billy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Inge" <inge@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:28 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Question about boot disk


>
> Okay Scott, how do I do that?
>
> I did shut the computer off, put the disk in and nothing happened. When =
> I
> pushed the reset button nothing happened. When I turned the computer on =
> with
> the disk in it started widows normally. That is what happened with both
> disks.=20
>
> Really, that does not tell me anything. Tell me please, what am I to do =
> and
> what is suppose to happen? How do I know when it starts from the disk?
>
> More na=EFve than before,
> Inge
>
> =20
>
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> On Behalf Of Scott McNay
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 11:39 AM
> To: Inge
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Question about boot disk
>
>
> Hi Inge,
>
> Sunday, February 27, 2005, 10:16:01 AM, you wrote:
>
> I> A few days ago this was sent to WP and I have a question about it.
>
> I> Will this work? Does anyone know?
>
> Here's what I would do: I would put the floppy into the drive and =
> restart
> the computer, and I would have my answer a few moments later.
>
> I know that's really hard to do...  <grin>
>
> It's always best to test a boot floppy or boot CD, while you're still =
> able
> to make a new one.
>
> --
> Scott.
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