format help [SOLVED]

by duNzy • 13 Jan 2009, 15:00 • Journals
hello thar, i've here an old AMD Turiun 64x2 1gb ram ati video notebook and it has half-installed windows extreme edition (without programs and shit) on it, so everytime i load it wants a disk with windows, so i bang it in, and then time goes like "aprox 37 minutes" installing, then screen starting to shake and installation is being finished and wants to writedown computer name and etc...

but i cant see shit so i wanna reinstall it fully, my question is:

How to make disk(with windows) load itself on computer start, i've checked bios it has in boot options:

Boot priority order:

1: IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-75401-(P
2: USB FDC:
3: USB CDROM:
4: IDE HDD: WDC WD1200BEVS-07LATO-(S1)
5: PCI SCSI:
6: USB HDD:
7: USB KEY:
8: PCI BEV:
Excluded from boot order:

- (none)

In what order I should put them so my disk will load in PC start?

thanks in advance

PROBLEM SOLVED

should've been:

1: USB CDROM:
2: IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-75401-(P
3: USB FDC:
4: IDE HDD: WDC WD1200BEVS-07LATO-(S1)
5: PCI SCSI:
6: USB HDD:
7: USB KEY:
8: PCI BEV:

everybody here failed, bye

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Deactivated5126 13 Jan 2009, 15:01
well...

format c:

... ???
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HansoO 13 Jan 2009, 15:02
4 1235678
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dEzIrE 13 Jan 2009, 15:02
just normal cdrom first as booting thingy, insert windows cd, and done afaik
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duNzy 13 Jan 2009, 15:03
Quotenormal cdrom first


whats that in the list? Optiarc DVD RW or USB CDROM(?lol) or what
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HansoO 13 Jan 2009, 15:04
as i can see it the 1 device
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dEzIrE 13 Jan 2009, 15:04
well depends were you put your windows cd in, if you put it in the DVD RW thingy, that one first, if you put it in the USB one > that one first, but are you using an usb cdrom device? xD?
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duNzy 13 Jan 2009, 15:05
nope i dont, just a cd-rom, no USB shit involved even no mouse (touchpad lol)
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dEzIrE 13 Jan 2009, 15:05
then the first
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Query 13 Jan 2009, 15:10
i dont think that it matters, just make sure that you put the HDD after the discdrive with windows
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annajUNIOR 13 Jan 2009, 15:08
1: is your cd-rom
4: your drive with windows on it (?)

but actually you just need to remove the cd outta the drive, then the system will boot from the hard drive disk (after the installation), so I still don't understand your problem
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dEzIrE 13 Jan 2009, 15:09
he wants to boot from his windows disk so he can format?
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annajUNIOR 13 Jan 2009, 15:17
"and then time goes like "aprox 37 minutes" installing, then screen starting to shake and installation is being finished" - so he already booted from the disc tbh
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duNzy 13 Jan 2009, 15:27
no, i sayd it was half-installed, it booted(windows) then asked for disk in windows menu, i've insered disk it started to continue installation then screenshake then "cant-see-shit-reboot-start all over again from dos"
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dnl 13 Jan 2009, 15:02
format
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annajUNIOR 13 Jan 2009, 15:03
don't understand your problem
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duNzy 13 Jan 2009, 15:03
my PC doesn't read disks when i boot it
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topher 13 Jan 2009, 15:05
That looks set right to boot from cd. Pop in the cd, restart.. delete partition/format/install
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ED 13 Jan 2009, 15:12
you need to format your computer
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