I've had my PC for several years without any problems at all. After having decided (since it was spring) to do a wipe of my hard disk and a re-install of my Win XP I suddenly find that although I can read my CDs without any problem I cannot get the machine to boot from CD any more no matter how I adjust the Bios (ASUS) settings.
This is infuriating because I like to try out Linux distros in a dual boot system, but now I cannot any longer because I have to boot from the CD to get the Linux OS installed.
A curiosity, which may be linked, is that although I have two floppy drives the system insists that I have three which means that my CD is E instead of D. Could this have to do with the fact that since I was unable to boot my new Win XP CD to reinstall I had to go a long-winded way by first installing MSDOS 3.1, then Windows 3.1, then ME so that I could get Win XP setup to run? (both my copies of ME and Win XP are only upgrades).
I am confused as well as irritated. Obviously I have done something to upset the applecart, but what? I should be able to work out an answer but cannot. Humiliating it is but I am forced to turn to wiser souls in the computer community for ideas on how to put matters right again please.
This is infuriating because I like to try out Linux distros in a dual boot system, but now I cannot any longer because I have to boot from the CD to get the Linux OS installed.
A curiosity, which may be linked, is that although I have two floppy drives the system insists that I have three which means that my CD is E instead of D. Could this have to do with the fact that since I was unable to boot my new Win XP CD to reinstall I had to go a long-winded way by first installing MSDOS 3.1, then Windows 3.1, then ME so that I could get Win XP setup to run? (both my copies of ME and Win XP are only upgrades).
I am confused as well as irritated. Obviously I have done something to upset the applecart, but what? I should be able to work out an answer but cannot. Humiliating it is but I am forced to turn to wiser souls in the computer community for ideas on how to put matters right again please.























