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    alpachino777 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 22, 2008, 10:05 PM
    Dvd/cd drive won't boot from Windows Vista cd
    OK so my cd/dvd drive works perfectly fine and I can play cd's on it and dvd's and any kind of cd, but I recently bought windows vista and I want to reboot my computer with it but it won't let me. (I currently have windows xp sp2) but I want to install windows vista. I changed the BIOS to boot from cd, I put the cd in and wait, then it says there is no cd in and that I need to put cd in and press enter. I also checked the cd it works on my other computer.

    Any help? Suggestions?
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    StaticFX Posts: 943, Reputation: 74
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    Dec 23, 2008, 07:44 AM

    Did you try just booting normally and then putting the cd in? It might let you do it that way.
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    Dec 23, 2008, 07:46 AM
    Is it a bootable Vista CD from Microsoft?
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    Dec 24, 2008, 12:27 PM

    Yes it is and I've tried booting it normally and putting the cd in.

    I've tried this cd on my other computer and it works perfectly, I had to reinstall windows xp sp2 on my computer a few months ago because it was not working properly and now the sound doesn't work and the scrolling is very choppy and its just weird, that's why I want to reinstall a new version of windows.
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    Jan 2, 2009, 07:06 AM

    When booting... can u see if the bios is seeing the CDROM during boot?

    It has too in order for this to work.
    Check in the bios as well to make sure its listed.
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    Jan 2, 2009, 04:51 PM

    So if you boot PC normally, put cd in and then go to cd rom drive in windows explorer and go to the setup file and click that, what happens
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