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Old 11-24-2003, 07:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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plz help someone tell me how to format xp with out going to bios i tryed makin my master drive in cd rom and it goes some disk failure put it book disk or sumthing i need help plz thanks!!

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Old 11-24-2003, 07:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well as long as your CD-ROM is set before your hard drive, you're good to go...just watch for the "press any key to boot from CD" while your computer is posting.

You are getting a disc failure because you cannot make your CD-ROM the master drive, because it is not...it is only the boot device. Don't worry about your master/slave settings, only concern yourself with your boot order. Leave your CD-ROM wherever it is installed on your system...it can be secondary slave and will work fine, don't sweat it.

What motherboard are you using? It would be a lot easier to be more specific if we had more info...

Before you post again, take a deep breath and relax!
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Old 11-24-2003, 08:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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lol. martoch is a trip!
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Old 11-24-2003, 08:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Quote:
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lol. martoch is a trip!
Thanks for your expert advice on his XP install, JP!




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Old 11-24-2003, 08:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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itz a asus motherboard i got no clue why it isn't workin it's drivin me nuts i can't format my computer and i probably got a grip load of viruses dis blows ahhhhhhhhhhhhh i formatted b4 i went into bios made my cd rom master but now for some deleted up scanless reason it says disk failure blah blah blah blah it's deleted wit me ahhhhhhhhhhh


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Old 11-24-2003, 08:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Slow down fireball!


Edit your post so none of those naughty, naughty words are present...tsk, tsk, tsk.

What is a scanless reason?
Say no to drugs.

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yes, we dont allow those words here..words like "asus"
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disk failure usually means..uhh..disk failure...or else it could be the controller on the IDE motherboard...definitely scanless though, thats for sure
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sorry about my language it's just really irritating and i got no clue why it isn't readin my cd rom as a master drive and since im so confused im just takin some shots of bacardi 151 and smokin some ish ......
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I was talking about "viruses"!


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