P pizzanchy Baseband Member Messages 51 Mar 20, 2005 #1 i've got this really old piece of junk gateway...... any wayz it doesnt want to boot off the the CD drive i've set the boot order and it wont do it! what should i do?
i've got this really old piece of junk gateway...... any wayz it doesnt want to boot off the the CD drive i've set the boot order and it wont do it! what should i do?
R Rayne In Runtime Messages 143 Mar 20, 2005 #2 Unplug your PC. pick it up, aim for wall or window. Seriously though, what make cdrom is it, and what CD is it.
Unplug your PC. pick it up, aim for wall or window. Seriously though, what make cdrom is it, and what CD is it.
OP OP P pizzanchy Baseband Member Messages 51 Mar 20, 2005 #3 its a windows 2000 cd and it doesnt want to booot oh and btw .... i dont have any floppies.. so i gotta figure this out
its a windows 2000 cd and it doesnt want to booot oh and btw .... i dont have any floppies.. so i gotta figure this out
OP OP P pizzanchy Baseband Member Messages 51 Mar 20, 2005 #4 all it says is... invalid boot diskette on drive A: ??????!????! im booting of CD-ROM not floppy..!! whts goin on? weird part is, is that i have re installed windows 2000 on this machine without any problems.. another weird thing is that windows XP pro cd will boot the comp!
all it says is... invalid boot diskette on drive A: ??????!????! im booting of CD-ROM not floppy..!! whts goin on? weird part is, is that i have re installed windows 2000 on this machine without any problems.. another weird thing is that windows XP pro cd will boot the comp!