Guest Bee1749 Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 PC refuses to boot from cd. Can confirm it's not a keyboard problem.. because I am able to enter BIOS setup.. unless in this individual case usb/port connectivity is an issue. PC recognizes disc is in CD drive, but refuses to let me press any key during the 5 sec wait.. I've disconnected/reconnected HD cables, no difference. any suggestions?
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: PC refuses to boot from cd I assume you are getting the prompt on the screen about booting from a CD, correct? Do you have a wireless keyboard? If so, try a regular keyboard with a ps2 connection. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "Bee1749" <Bee1749@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D00FE918-4324-492C-9209-31F5281C11A0@microsoft.com... > PC refuses to boot from cd. Can confirm it's not a keyboard problem.. > because > I am able to enter BIOS setup.. unless in this individual case usb/port > connectivity is an issue. PC recognizes disc is in CD drive, but refuses > to > let me press any key during the 5 sec wait.. I've disconnected/reconnected > HD > cables, no difference. any suggestions?
Guest Vanguard Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: PC refuses to boot from cd "Bee1749" wrote in message news:D00FE918-4324-492C-9209-31F5281C11A0@microsoft.com... > PC refuses to boot from cd. Can confirm it's not a keyboard problem.. > because > I am able to enter BIOS setup.. unless in this individual case > usb/port > connectivity is an issue. PC recognizes disc is in CD drive, but > refuses to > let me press any key during the 5 sec wait.. I've > disconnected/reconnected HD > cables, no difference. any suggestions? You need to check if your BIOS supports USB mice and keyboards. "Legacy" support means PS/2 connected mice and keyboards. While the USB mouse and USB keyboard will work when the OS is loaded, that is because drivers have been loaded for them. When you are booting, the OS hasn't been loaded yet so no USB drivers have been loaded. Boot to DOS (go to http://www.bootdisk.com to make a bootable floppy if you can't make one). Then see if your USB mouse and USB keyboard work at a DOS prompt. If not, your BIOS doesn't provide USB support for those devices, and that means you will need to get a PS/2 keyboard (or use an adapter with your USB keyboard to plug it into a PS/2 port).
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