Issues With Reformating

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  1. .iLLmAtic

    .iLLmAtic Senior Member

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    Ive never reformatted before. My computer is cluttered, and i just want it fresh. I recently popped the disk in, and resarted my PC. Expecting the screen to reboot to pop up, it started normally.

    I've pressed F12, and it says no boot avaible.

    Ive went to bios and chose CD/DVD/Driver, and it wont work.

    My driver is installed, just install CS:S a few days ago.

    Im not sure T_T

    Help?!:]
     
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    Slight Senior Member

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    maybe that windows cd is a non-bootable version? or an upgrade version?
     
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    Daecu Senior Member

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    you say u tried going into the bios, did u enable disk boot? if not did it have an error or say why you couldnt?
    there shouldnt be a windows install version that isnt bootable... should there? i've just never run into this and i've reformatted like 12 time this year xD so im not totally sure what to say, if you have more info mebe i can help brainstorm a little better :/
     
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    -=DaRKSTaR=- Senior Member

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    Set 1st disk priority to CD Drive & press return when it asks you to 'Boot from CD' in BIOS if its a XP CD it should still be bootable
     
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    MattMann Well-Known Member

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    If its a set of CDs from the manufacturer make sure your using disc 1.
     

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