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Can't boot from DVD drive
I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to
boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
"Flip Wilson" wrote in message ... I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. it might be detected in the BIOS but is it set to BOOT FROM CD in the BIOS. |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
Flip Wilson wrote:
I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot from that drive before? Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
VanguardLH wrote in :
Flip Wilson wrote: I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot from that drive before? Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting. |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
Flip Wilson wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in : Flip Wilson wrote: I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot from that drive before? Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting. That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
"Flip Wilson" wrote in message ... VanguardLH wrote in : Flip Wilson wrote: I installed windows 7 a few weeks ago. Now my DVD drive isn't available to boot from. The drive is detected in my BIOS, and works fine once windows boots. Any help would be appreciated. Well, that does NOT mention if you could boot from the DVD drive *before* installing Windows 7 (assuming you were using some OS on the same host before you moved to Windows 7). So were you able to boot from that drive before? Did you check the boot drive order in your BIOS settings? Yes. I booted from my DVD drive to install Windows 7. As for the boot order, my DVD drive isn't on the list of devices to select for booting. Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? -- Jan Alter |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
"Jan Alter" wrote in -
september.org: Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? In the CMOS setup utility, my CDROM drive shows up as "SONY CD-RW CRX" under "IDE Primary Master". My DVD drive shows up as "HL-DT-STDVD-RA" under "IDE Primary Slave" As for boot options, there are 9 options: 1) Floppy 2) - 4) Card Reader 5) - 7) Hard drives 8) "CD/DVD: PM-SONY CD-RW CRX216" 9) Disabled So my CD drive is available to boot from. |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
philo wrote in
That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD I did try unplugging the power and data cables from the drive, rebooting, then plugging both back in to let the bios re-detect it, but nothing appears to have changed. |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
"Flip Wilson" wrote in message ... "Jan Alter" wrote in - september.org: Is 'CD' or 'CD-ROM' listed as one of the items that you can boot? In the CMOS setup utility, my CDROM drive shows up as "SONY CD-RW CRX" under "IDE Primary Master". My DVD drive shows up as "HL-DT-STDVD-RA" under "IDE Primary Slave" As for boot options, there are 9 options: 1) Floppy 2) - 4) Card Reader 5) - 7) Hard drives 8) "CD/DVD: PM-SONY CD-RW CRX216" 9) Disabled So my CD drive is available to boot from. So what happens if you choose 5) - 7) Hard drives and select the subcategory HL-DT-STDVD-RA ? -- Jan Alter |
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Can't boot from DVD drive
Flip Wilson wrote:
philo wrote in That's the problem then you will need to let your bios re-detect it Note: it may say CDROM instead of DVD I did try unplugging the power and data cables from the drive, rebooting, then plugging both back in to let the bios re-detect it, but nothing appears to have changed. Well if the device is usable from within the OS it's got to be OK It should be listed somewhere in the bios? |
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