Set boot order - Hitachi Computers & Internet

you usually dont have to change the boot order to boot from a cd. the bios should check the cd rom before booting from the hdd. However, if that isnt the case, you can always change the boot order.

go to the bios settings while u turn your laptop on. (It should be "esc" for HP. a message will be displayed at the bottom of the screen indicating the key. if not, try esc, f10, f11, f12. either one of them should work).

go to the boot order settings (May have a different name- boot settings/ boot priority settings/ advance boot options etc.).

when your laptop sets up press F10 that will take you to your BIOS ...next go to "ADVANCED" Next go to BOOT OPTIONS...NEXT go to BOOT ORDER.... To change the order of your boot, use the + and - keys, after you get the cd-rom first in order, hit F10....go over to the "FILE" and save changes and exit. Your laptop will restart on its own ! to change the setting back just reverse the boot order ! :)

To use the Acer recovery CD you need to boot up with the CD.
Go into the BIOS setting and scroll through the settings until you come to Boot order. Then move the CD/DVD drive up as the first boot device and the hard disk as the 2nd boot device.
When you boot up the Acer with the recovery CD in the CD/DVD drive then it will boot up with the Recovery CD.

In the Advanced Boot settings of the BIOS you will see a general boot order setting and then there are 2 others: for the order of the optical units and for the order of the hard disks.
Open the setting for the optical units and put the SATA one first - the IDE one is there first by default.

try finding a used dvd drive on ebay.

Because the BIOS is probably set to boot the hard drive first. The A drive, second or third depending on the boot order set in the BIOS.

Set all in Boot priorty to CDROM
Set Other Boot Device to No.

You will have to change the setting in Bios to boot from hard drive this can be done by pressing F2 during boot up and going to boot order and change the usb from first in boot order to hard drive first in boot order.

dear,your operating system has been crashed.
this problem is occured when windows install another drive (beside C)and user accidently formate the hard drive in which you install.
or another method ...........
sometimes boot order has been changed and problem occured.
once you check the boot order from motherboard setting.
you set the BOOT order as:
first boot from hard disk
second boot from floppy
third boot from cd rom.
i think you solve this problem easily.

This error message may appear when the computer BIOS is set to boot from a network and cannot find a bootable operating system on the network or on any of the storage devices included in the notebook PC's boot path.

The following steps are for most HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario Notebook PCs. The boot order can be configured on the Advanced tab in the BIOS settings menu. The steps to modify the boot order may vary depending on the model of your computer. On most HP notebooks the boot order can be configured using the following steps:

1. Turn on or restart the computer.
2. While the display is blank, press the F10 key to enter the BIOS settings menu. NOTE: Some notebook PCs use the F2 or F6 key.
3. Use the right and left arrow keys to select the Advanced tab.
4. Use the up and down arrow keys to select Boot Order .
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to change the boot order.

Reset the boot order to the default settings Use the following steps to reset the boot order to the default settings:

1. Turn on or restart the computer.
2. While the display is blank, press the F10 key to enter the BIOS settings menu.
3. Press the F9 key to reset the BIOS to default settings.
4. Press the F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS settings menu.

I think it will you to fix your problem.
If still have problem then tell me more about it.

Thanks
Iqbal