Tim Sutor wrote:
> I believe that my Windows XP installation needs repairing using the
> recovery console.
> Can anyone suggest a reason and solution as to why my desktop
> refuses to boot from the Windows XP installation disc. I have
> altered the BIOS setting a number of times to show the dvd drive as
> the first priority setting and although when Windows is loading it
> appears to recognise that this priority has been set and the words
> "press any key to boot from CD-Rom" appear during the early stages
> of start-up, despite this it still, either after I have pressed
> another key or simply done nothing, proceeds to load the XP
> operating system.

If you press a key and it does not boot from CD after that (and you get that
message everytime) - then my bet is that your DVD drive or the CD itself is
damaged.

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