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In order to get your computer to boot from a CD you have to go into the Bios
and set the cdrom drive as first boot device.
You can attempt to fix the problem using the Recovery Console. Here is
some info on that. Or, you can do a Repair Install.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm Both
require a WinXP CD.
"cyberrat" <cyberrat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> cant get it to boot from cd
> is there anything i can do to fix this
> or does it need trip to the shop
>