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Old 27th July 2008   #1
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i think my bios has been corrupted...

i have a hp a110n desktop...the problem is it wont let me boot from my cd to reinstall xp...it accepts the change but wont comply...so when i go to change the boot sequence from the boot menu it says: HDD group--1 master...CD-ROM group--2 master...i select to boot from my cd...i press enter then it goes into power save mode and reboots...and keeps on rebooting...it wont change from hdd to my cd/dvd...do you think my bios is corrupt...i downloaded the updated bios but i dont know how to install it...i only updated a bios once and that was for a toshiba laptop...

does any1 know what i can do to resolve this issue...please any help would be greatly appreciated...

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Perhaps your IDE cable or your CD drive is faulty. I would check those out before flashing the BIOS.
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i changed the ide cable and used an external cd drive and still the same problem...
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You mentioned that you are trying to reinstall Windows XP. Can you describe what the history is behind this decision and why you feel a need for this? Also, have you installed or attempted to install SP3 and is this an AMD processor in that HP computer?

I would agree with Mark, let's investigate a few other options before jumping into flashing your BIOS. Are you saving your settings upon exit from the BIOS menus?


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Another possibility is; Are you certain the media is bootable? Could be damaged or may not be bootable.

Have you tried to run the HP recovery from within Windows?

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its a celeron processor...the cd's im using are pretty much new...and i am saving the changes in the boot menu...it sees the changes in the boot menu and in the bios but wont comply when trying to boot from cd...
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Please elaborate. What are these CDs and who made them?


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