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Old 08-28-2011, 06:44 PM   #16
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is there just a way basicallly to take everything and flash it to defualt and then start overa??? i just want to to boot my CD or my USB stick.
Nope - that's what we're trying help with. Basically you're in trouble because the Windows installer will only work if it finds an empty drive, or one that has partitions it knows about (NTFS or [V]FAT). Once you can boot that USB, you can "fix" it, so you'll have to keep trying to get that to happen. Play with the boot options.
 
Old 08-28-2011, 07:09 PM   #17
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The BIOS usually has a 'Restore to (Factory) Defaults' or similar option.
You should then be able to select the CD option, although you should be able to do that anyway.
 
Old 08-29-2011, 10:08 PM   #18
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i set it to defualts and im still getting crap anyone way to wipe my hard drive?
 
Old 08-30-2011, 02:11 AM   #19
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If you are able to get into bios go to boot priority click on the item at the top of list & a menu should pop up to select cdrom.
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Old 08-30-2011, 02:44 AM   #20
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I cann't understand your mean...
 
Old 08-30-2011, 03:07 AM   #21
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my bios options are
USB-FDD
USB-ZIP
USB-CDROM
USB-HDD
In other words change order like this moving cdrom to top of list
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my bios options are
USB-CDROM
USB-FDD
USB-ZIP
USB-HDD
 
  


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