How to boot from a cd

[Veregund]

Hm but i set the 1st boot device to my dvd drive (which the vista disk is in), but its still starting windows normally?

 

[SirCyber]

it'll ask you, rather quickly, to hit any button to boot from CD... that's where spamming a button comes into play

 

[H4x3r]

did you press a key when it says "Press any key to boot from CD..." ?



Edit: haha third time i've been ninja'd today

 

[Veregund]

Ah you're right.. the "press key to boot from CD" screen went by quickly.. just didnt see it. I should be good now. off to format! (i hope) THanks guys

 

[SirCyber]

np and lol, been fun posting with you comatoseclown!

 

[Veregund]

Now another problem I booted off the disk, and i was going through the steps to "install" (which will eventually lead me to format), when I type in the CD Key, it says "To use the product key you entered, start the installation form your existing version of Windows" But i can't format my HD when using windows normally! Help please..

 

[SirCyber]

ummm, now my help has expired, unless you go third party... gparted is a great program to use

 

[H4x3r]

ah you have the upgrade, if all you are wanting to do is format the computer clean, with no OS i would advise downloading a program called Gparted and burning it to disk.

Alternatively you can "Press R to repair" on the boot screen and then from the recovery console type "format C:".....at least i think this is in vista...haha havent done it in a long time, but i know XP does


Edit: CRAP hahahah ninja'd yet again! hahahaha

 

[Veregund]

Ok could someone give me some clear instructions on how to create this bootable gparted cd (or dvd, if it should be a dvd-rw). I tried to do that earlier without luck, maybe i did it wrong.

 

[SirCyber]

ok, what you need to do is download both GParted and the ISO. burn them to a disk, and then go through the boot process like we walked you through before