What cause a PC not to boot from CD?

Answer 1

If your computer had a virus your computer might not boot up properly or even your computer might not boot up at all. Or your computer might be missing some important components like the ram or the hard drive.

I hope I have helped you answer your question.

Answer 2

This is established by entering in your computer's BIOS settings and changing the Boot priority and/or disabling your CD-RW.

Steps are as follows.

• Switch on your computer and keep tapping these keys until you see a colored menu: F8, F2 and Del
• Look for Options like Advanced CMOS Settings or Advanced BIOS Settings or Advanced or Boot.(If you don't find it, you will have to get inside each and every option and search for the options that we will are describing you)
• Once found, Select it and hit the Return/Enter key
• Now look for options like Boot Priority or Change Boot Order or Boot Devices
• Once found, select it and Enter it.
• If you are going fine, you may land up seeing a menu which will have the first option CD-ROM/DVD-RW and then Hard Disk and then USB Flash/Zip etc.
• Change the order; Shift the Hard disk up by selecting it with the arrow keys and using the Page Up/Page Down keys or the +/- keys.
• On the other hand, if you see a long menu having options like First Boot Device: CD-RW, Second Boot Device: Disabled etc You can easily select the First boot device and change it/Disable/Enable it.
• Remember: The First Boot Device Is Recommended to be the CD-ROM or DVD-RW and the Second Boot Device Should be the Hard Disk.

Once it is done, Press the Esc button and return to the main menu. Press F10

CMOS will ask you:

Save Current Settings and Exit?

Press y and then hit the enter.

The computer will restart. That may resolve the issue.

Answer 3

Many things will cause a PC not to boot. Here are some of the most common reasons:

Completely dead PC

1. The PC is not getting proper power.

2. The power supply in the PC is defective.

3. There may be a loose cord or plug somewhere.

4. The motherboard is defective.

5. The memory is defective.

6. The CPU is defective.

Partially working PC

1. The operating system files are corrupt.

2. There are problems with the boot sector, MBR, or partition table.

3. The hard drive is defective.

4. There is a CD or diskette in a drive that's loading a corrupt OS.

5. You may have improperly cloned another drive.