Bin or not to bin!

[grahamdvddvddvd]

Hi It was running on Windows 98 and i rebooted with Windows Xp disc and it all worked fine, with Windows XP running . It was in my sons bedroom and he used it for a while and then it all started going wrong ! So we give up on it, not sure if it was some thing he did or the actual pc.?

[nevermind1534]

Boot from CD might be turned off in the BIOS. It could have viruses on it causing xp to act how it is.

[grahamdvddvddvd]

i just downloaded the free iso onto disc of ubuntu, and the same happens ? It says checking for boot from disc then just cycles round etc

[nevermind1534]

It might be a problem with the CD drive, then. You might also want to check the fans to see that they are all spinning.

[grahamdvddvddvd]

Hi i changed the dvd drive to a known working one, checked all connections and tried again, the part when it says looking for boot up, from cd...not found, then it says looking for boot up from IDA 0..found. then it turns of and cycles through the same again ?

[grahamdvddvddvd]

It worked! i reburnt the ubuntu disc and rebooted and it worked !!!! thanks for your helpxxx

[nevermind1534]

np. I'm glad I could help. Sometimes old CD ROM drives can start to have trouble reading CD-Rs or just not want to read them at all.

[SgtM]

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[SXRguyinMA]

lol

[rithunder916]

OR take it to the shooting range..... always fun! Get some H.E. rounds...haha