The original OS' disk.
recovery
Recovery ~tekno
you need a bootable OS nstallation CD.
Any computer can boot from CD, you must get into BIOS[read your manual on how, I hope]. Once your there you set the boot order so that CD is on top or first instead of floppy or hard-drive. Its safe to leave it that way too, there are many freeware downloadable CDs on the net from helping you repair a system to running Linux directly from the CD drive, no-install.
An installation cd/dvd is essential in order to repair the start-up disk. The Mac needs a booting platform & this cd/dvd provides exactly the same. One cannot repair the boot partition while initiating the system from it. Thankfully, there are couple of disk repair software such as Stellar Volume Repair and Disk Warrior that provides bootable disk if your installation cd is missing. You can boot from the DVD created by the software and then perform repairment with the help of these partition repair tools.
You set the bios to CD boot. After that reinstall windows with a windows xp cd.
It will first boot from CD if available and then from hard disk. If you need to install any operating system or want to boot from CD, you need to enable this option.
Make sure the CD drive is the first boot device in the BIOS.
If you need to boot from a CD on a Packard Bell system, you should use the F12 button. This will restart your computer from a disc.
Take the CD out of the CD-ROM, or/and change the boot order in BIOS (the system hard drive should be first in the boot list).
No, you normally do not need a CD to reboot the computer. Your operating system should be located on the hard drive. However, if you do not have a functioning hard drive with a working operating system, you may need to boot your computer from a CD boot disc.
Firstly, try and boot in safe mode. If that does not work, repair your O/S with a CD.