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CMOS/BIOS Setup ignores change in boot sequence
I have a Toshiba laptop with a corrupt HD and it won't load XP. I need to reload the OS from a XP boot disk. I go into setup to tell the machine to boot from the optical drive first and it seems to lock in the change but regardless, it will NOT boot from the cd, just goes right to the HD for boot-up which ain' t gonna work because the disk has a problem. Any suggestions how to force the machine to look to the optical drive to boot from when it refuses to?
HainKurt
only place is the bios... maybe you dont save after changing it... the other option is cd is not bootable (try other boot cd's) or try the cd on other machines to see it is really bootable...
duplicate question. Please answer here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25029707/CMOS-BIOS-Setup-ignores-change-in-boot-sequence.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25029707/CMOS-BIOS-Setup-ignores-change-in-boot-sequence.html
Just disable all the booting option except from CD only. This will verify whethere there is fault in boot disk or in the procedure like your settings are not saved. Your bios battery is drained etc.
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Did you perform the step provide above that is => Just disable all the booting option except from CD only. This will verify whethere there is fault in boot disk or in the procedure like your settings are not saved. Your bios battery is drained etc.
If so what is the outcome?
If so what is the outcome?
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I was able to finally get in by repeatedly hitting the F12 Key a second time after setting the boot sequence by using F12 (the first time). I did not have to disable all other bootable devices as you suggested.