Not booting from CD

Hai


The fact that your computer is recognizing missing HAL.DLL indicates that you are not booting from CD, but from hard drive.
You can change your boot sequence from BIOS.
Try F4, F8, F9, 10, 11, or 12.

One of the Function Keys would allow you to ge into BIOS setting. Once in BIOS, you go to BOOT SEQUENCE (I do not know what might be for GIGA). Using + or - (on the numeric key pad) change the BOOT SEQUENCE ORDER.

Next place you XP CD in the CD Drive.

Then completely SHUTDOWN (not just restart) for two minutes, with power cables unplugged.

Once you plug the power cable, computer should whirr the CD and will run XP INSTALL.

Note, XP likes to have PS2 keyboard rather than USB, so use your old computer keyboard, or jus borrow from a neighbor for an hour.

Hey guys

I had exactly the same problem on a Acer Aspire 5050. The laptop just would not boot from CD. After Unplugging the Power cable AND pulling out the battery for a minute, booting from CD worked just fine.

I couldn't get my desktop to boot from its XP home CD. I pulled the power cable off and took the battery out for 2 minutes. I tried again. Again, the computer wouldn't boot (even when I reset the BIOS). So, it asked for another kind of Windows disk. I put in my Win 2000 disk. It took it. It didn't do anything with the Win 2000 disk but it then asked for the XP disk right away and I put it in and now the computer is reformatting my harddrive. Beats the heck out of me but whatever it takes...

PS I really appreciate this kind of blog. It helps immeasureably when I am absolutely frustrated out the wazooo.
Thanks many times over.