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Why won't my computer boot with boot CD in drive?
Because, you didn't choose the CD drive like a bootable, or the CD disk is not bootable.
What is bootable CD?
A bootable CD has an operating sytem (usually a form of Linux or Windows) copied to the CD starting at track 0 on the CD. If your computer has a bios that defines one of your CD drives in the power on/restart boot sequence, you can boot your system from such a CD. Bootable CDs are used by developers/software companies to install Windows and Linux onto your computer's hard drive. Bootable CDs are also used by some anti-virus products to allow a "for sure" clean scan capability on a possibly infected system. Bootable CDs are activated by placing the CD in the CD drive, powering the computer down, a then powering the computer back on (cold boot). The power on boot usually follows a sequence of 1) check floppy drive for bootable disk, 2) check CD drive for bootable CD, and then 3) boot from designated hard drive.
How do you boot into Mac OS X without changing the startup disk?
press on startup to display the bootable disks.
What happens when the computer boots and the optical drive does not contain bootable media?
When a computer boots up and the optical drive does not contain bootable media, the system will move on to the next boot device in the BIOS boot order. This could be another optical drive, a hard drive, a USB drive, or a network boot, depending on the configuration. If none of the boot devices contain bootable media, the computer will typically display an error message such as "No bootable device found" or "Operating system not found."
A computer cannot boot if does not have?
Basically you would need an operating system. To elaborate, you will need a bootable image that can be loaded by a bootloader.
A computer cannot boot if it does not have the?
Basically you would need an operating system. To elaborate, you will need a bootable image that can be loaded by a bootloader.
How you boot from DOS prompt?
In Windows, press F8 during booting.. You will find a menu in which you will fine an option - "Safe Mode in DOS Prompt".. Enter in that menu, you will boot from DOS Prompt.. In Windows 98, you will find the "Boot from DOS prompt".. You can select that option to boot from DOS..
How do you get files from a PC that will not boot?
either boot from a bootable operating system such as UBTUNTU (a Linux operation system) or putting the hard drive into a working computer (its not as difficult as you may think)
What is the drive order the computer searches for a bootable OS?
There is no official order; the boot order can be set or changed on most modern computers.
What is a bootable device?
A bootable device is, as the name suggests, any storage device that the computer can "boot" from. In this case the word "boot" refers to the loading of the operating system. So any device you can load an operating system from is a bootable device.In modern computers, the hard disk is generally the primary boot device. However most new computers can also boot from a CD-ROM or DVD drive (usually for the purpose of reinstalling an OS to the hard disk) so it is also a bootable device. Many systems also have the ability to boot from USB thumb drives or external hard disks and back in caveman days, floppy disk drives were also popular boot devices.
How you make the system bootable?
If your referring to a computer than the system should boot itself after you install an operating system like windows, linux, or Mac Otherwise install a chameleon boot loader
How do you safe boot on a MacBook?
Press and hold down the Shift key after restarting the computer.
