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Setting BIOS to Boot from CDROM


All latest Computer Systems manufactured in the last years, support boot from cd feature, but it may be required to configure this feature in bios or previous owner of your computer system may have disabled this feature or may have changed the boot priority sequence.
When you start your computer, check the boot-screen for setup key, In most newer pc it will be DELETE key, so make sure to check it.

This AmiBios Require you to press DEL key to enter setup

AMIBIOS(C)2006 American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Date: 03/02/06 20:15:54 Ver: 09.00.07

Press DEL to run Setup

Checking NVRAM..

Now you will see some similar screen and choose the BOOT option and choose Boot Device Priority and choose first boot device to CDROM and second boot device to HARD DRIVE you can press F10 to save settings.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced Power Boot Security Exit

Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen [Enabled]
QuickBoot Mode [Enabled]
Scan User Flash Area [Disabled]
Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen [Enabled]
After Power Failure [Last State]
On Modem Ring [Power On]
On LAN [Power On]

Boot Device Priority


1st Boot Device [CDROM]
2nd Boot Device [Hard Drive]


Hard Disk Drives
Floppy Drives
CDROM Drives

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices
+ - Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit

On Award Bios you will see some similar screen and choose the right key to Enter setup

Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG, An Energy Star Ally
Copyright (C) 1984-98, Award Software, Inc.

ASUS P2B-DS ACPI BIOS Revision 1012B

Pentium III 650Mhz Processor
Memory Test : 262144K OK

 

 


Press DEL to run Setup
08/05/00-i440BX-P2B-DS

Now choose Advanced Bios Features

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

> Standard CMOS Features / Frequency/Voltage Control
> Advanced BIOS Features / Load Fail-Safe Defaults

> Advanced Chipset Features / Load Optimized Defaults

> Integrated Peripherals / Set Supervisor Password

> Power Management Setup / Set User Password

> PnP/PCI Configurations / Save & Exit Setup

> PC Health Status Exit Without Saving


Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup


Virus Protection, Boot Sequence...

and set First Boot Device to CDROM and Second or third to HDD-0 and Press F10 to save it.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Virus Warning [Disabled]
CPU Internal Cache [Enabled]
External Cache [Enabled]
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking [Enabled]
Processor Number Feature [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
First Boot Device [CDROM]
Second Boot Device [Floppy]
Third Boot Device [HDD-0]
Boot Other Device [Enabled]
Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled]
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Gate A20 Option [Fast]
Ata 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. [Enabled]
Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]
Security Option [Setup]
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2]

 



















 

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup


Virus Protection, Boot Sequence...

On some Dell Systems you can enter bios by pressing F2

F2 = Setup
F12 = Boot Menu


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Dimension 8100 BIOS Revision XP2


Now choose Boot Sequence and then arrance 1 to CD-Rom by pressing - + and press space to enable it
Press ESC and choose save settings and exit.

Dell - Dimension 8100
Intel Pentium 4 Processor: 1.30 Ghz
LEVEL 2 Cache: 256 KB Integrated


System Time ...................
System Date ...................
Primary Drive 0 ...............
Primary Drive 1 ...............
Secondary Drive 0 .............
Secondary Drive 1 .............

Boot Sequence .................
* 1. IDE CD-ROM Device
* 2. Hard-Disk Drive C:


SPACE to enable/disable | +,- to move down/up
System Memory .................
AGP Aperture ..................
CPU Information ...............

Up/Down to Select | SPACE +,- to Change | ESC to Exit

On some Dell Systems you can enter bios by pressing F2

Boot Device Menu
===============

1. Normal
2. Diskette Drive
3. Hard-Disk Drive C:
4. IDE CD-ROM Device
Enter a choice: 1

Sometimes you can press F12 to temporary boot from cd on some Dell Systems.

PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Copyright 1985-1999 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
All Rights Reserved
Copyright 1996-1999 Intel Corporation.
4S4EB2X0.05A.0009.P08

Micron Electronics, Inc.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor 450 Mhz
640K System RAM Passed
255M Extended RAM Passed
512K Cache SRAM Passed

Press F2 to Enter Setup

Press F2 to enter bios setup

ROM PCI/ISO BIOS (P2B-DS)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY, AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP / SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS FEATURES SETUP / USER PASSWORD

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP/ IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP/ SAVE & EXIT SETUP

PNP AND PCI SETUP/ EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit Shift(F2) : Change Color
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Boot Sequence, Boot Virus Protection, CPU Speed...

and set Boot Sequence to A,CDROM,C and Press Esc and then F10 to save it.

ROM PCI/ISO BIOS (P2B-DS)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY, AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

CPU Internal Core Speed
650Mhz
Boot Virus Detection
Enabled
Processor Serial Number
Disabled
CPU Level 1 Cache
Enabled
CPU Level 2 Cache
Enabled
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check
Disabled
BIOS Update
Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test
Enabled
HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First
IDE
Boot Sequence
A,CDROM,C
Boot Up Floppy Seek
[Disabled]
Floppy Disk Access Control
R/W

IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors
HDD MAX

HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability
Disabled
PS/2 Mouse Function Control
Auto
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M
Disabled
MPS 1.4 Support 650Mhz
Disabled

















 

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Some Computer has Option to temporary boot from Cd/Hdd/Floppy/Usb Device, Just keep tapping the F8 button to get Boot Menu and Now choose your manufacture of CDRom.

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