XP disc wont boot ? help please headache

[Jooooles]

have a dell laptop here blue screen of death saying problem with unmountable boot volume please f8 goto save mode and check for recent hardware changes etc etc


just trying to boot from cd i got into the bios and put boot from cd but when i turn the power off and turn it back on i get a black screen with a flahing curser NO press any key to boot from cd option and a cant give any commands etc

it hangs for a few mins then goes to the blue screen of death again so the windows disk wont boot

any ideas why the windows disk isnt booting peeps im lost ????

 

[The Dentist]

is it an original bootable windows disc?

set the boot optio as follows:

CD/DVD Rom
HD
NETWORK
OTHER DEVICES

 

[manster]

have a dell laptop here blue screen of death saying problem with unmountable boot volume please f8 goto save mode and check for recent hardware changes etc etc


just trying to boot from cd i got into the bios and put boot from cd but when i turn the power off and turn it back on i get a black screen with a flahing curser NO press any key to boot from cd option and a cant give any commands etc

it hangs for a few mins then goes to the blue screen of death again so the windows disk wont boot

any ideas why the windows disk isnt booting peeps im lost ????

maybe silly question but is the disc scratched ? does the pc try to read it or does it boot from hard drive immediately ?

 

[Jooooles]

On boot up its saying bios shadowed any idea what this means ?

 

[manster]

is there an option in bios to set defaults ?

 

[Jooooles]

is it an original bootable windows disc?

set the boot optio as follows:

CD/DVD Rom
HD
NETWORK
OTHER DEVICES

its not a original windows disc but ive used it many times so it works ok no scratches are anything and ive just tried it on another comp and it boots ok ?

 

[Jooooles]

is there an option in bios to set defaults ?

yeh i set the defaults then went back in and selected boot from cd when i power up it sounds like its trying to boot the cd the lights flashing on the disc tray but the screen stays blank theres no option press any key to boot from cd which i find strange as this has always been the norm to me ?

anyway im still a bit miffed anybody had any experiance with this problem its a new one to me roud:

 

[manster]

MAYBE A dell bios problem that will only allow you to boot it with a dell restore disc ??? im clutching at straws now m8 sorry ??

 

[notmeatall3]

Can u see the disk in windows explorer??

Try it in another pc and see if it gives u the option to boot.

If yes then best guess is replace your cd drive.
or get a usb drive.
set option to boot from USB or download windows Xp boot floppies. Make sure you download the disk appropriate for your version of windows.

If No then download and burn a fresh copy.

 

[Jooooles]

Can u see the disk in windows explorer??

Try it in another pc and see if it gives u the option to boot.

If yes then best guess is replace your cd drive.
or get a usb drive.
set option to boot from USB or download windows Xp boot floppies. Make sure you download the disk appropriate for your version of windows.

If No then download and burn a fresh copy.

Thanks for input peeps i put a clean lenser disk in and after that the xp disk booted up straight away looks like a dirty lens was the problem thanks alot nice one roud: