change boot sequence?

Hello~~All,

How do I change the boot ?? Ineed to boot from the cd/dvd drive with my dvd/iso of ubuntu?
I go into setup and change boot order...It won't stay - reverts back to HD??
System: WIN 7 64bit home premium.
I've done this before, and it's stayed on top of the boot menu,,,Now, it will not stay there...Has windows in updates, done something? It plays movies OK...but windows is up and running...
Thanks for help,
John in Dallas.

 

Yes, Pete - I use f10 to save and exit, once I arrow down to choose the boot sequence..There's no other choice? I 'm sure that's how I did it before....
Xp works similar, highlight what you want enter and f10..?
Upon restart - options setup 2 or 12 , both reveal the bios.

 

IF you have gone into the BIOS and changed the boot order and it still goes to the HD instead of the CD/DVD then I would think that you have a bum CD or DVD. IF you created the boot disk, you might try again or get another bootable disk that you know works and try it. Seems like you have done what you are supposed to do.

 

Hi guys,
When you say (bum cd) I assume you mean the cd media?
NOT the cd rom drive? The drive is ok or it wouldn't play movies, right?
If I can't get the boot menu to recognize the cd rom drive, how can I know for sure what's wrong? I've tried several burns on different DVD's all new.
Thanks

 

Hi Lonestar1,
No I am not referring to the Drive but the CD or DVD itself. IF you have another, or even the Restore Disks ... try booting from them. -OR- create a new bootable disk. IF you are setting the BIOS correctly then it is either the Disks or the Disk Drives. IMHO

 

Lets look back at the problem posted.

Is this still happening or have you now managed to save the setting?

 

I'm sorry, but I was talking about the original problem. You can set the BIOS to start from a floppy, or a CD or the HD. IF there is not a valid disk in one of the first two, it will still boot from the HD ... unless it too is ******* up.

 

Hi, Lonestar, - I had a similar problem when trying to change the hard disk boot order (I have XP on one and WIN7 on the other HD) It seems that XP has some quirks here. Try following:
1. Make sure,that your boot order is what you want before pressing F10 (You might have to confirm with Enter before exiting)
2. Press F10 and count up to three. Then turn off the power to your PC. (This happens before tghe Windows startup screen appears). Next wait for 5 secs and start your PC.

Hope this helps

 

The Wanderer, it is not XP, that is the operating system and has nothing to do with the Bios boot order, it is completely seperate.

Lonestar1, can you just confirm where we are.

Are your settings in the bios being saved or not?

Is the problem now, that it won't boot from the Ubuntu disc you made?

If the bios settings are still a problem please tell us the bios name and version which comes up at the top of the bios screen. We might be able to give some clearer instructions.

 

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Well, this has all become somewhat confusing. Does the boot sequence revert back in the bios? That is, you set it, save it, reboot and go back into the bios and the boot order is back in the same order as it was before you changed it and you have to do it again? Or, does the boot sequence save and it just won't boot from the DVD you burned?

If the latter, are you burning the DVD correctly? To burn an iso file you can't burn the file to the DVD like you would most data. You have to select burn image file (or something similar) in the software you are using. What software are you using to burn the iso file?

 

We need to have Lonestar1 back in the conversation

 

Good Morning - All,
Sorry for all the ((fuss))....i DO appreciate your help here...Seems it was as simple as ((f12)) enter...In there, the cd/dvd drive was on top...enter and it ran my unbuntu cd fine...
Seems odd that I can't change the boot order permanently, but its done each time I need it, apparently?? Whatever M$ wants it usually gets??
NOW - my next trauma is getting virtual box up and running for my ubuntu 10.10 64bit....I have it installed but not very helpful info on their site....I surely DON'T want to attempt a dual boot - it's always is a failure for me!!
Anyone tried this and know of good tutorials? I found one on lifehacker, but what he shows - I don't see?
Thanks for all your patience and help.
John in Dallas.

 

sorry for the dupes....cancel this quote.