Boot from CD press any key ... where has it gone

Harlon · 30 Nov 2009 at 17:34

Ok so this was the normal prompt i used to have displayed on screen whenever i would insert a bootable disk

But since this morning any bootable CD i use just automatically loads without asking me to press any key what is the cause of this

BigBruiserAl · 30 Nov 2009 at 17:36

boot order? HDD is prob before DVD/CDROM

95thrifles · 30 Nov 2009 at 17:43

As Al says check your boot priority in BIOS, scroll along to boot menu and check that optical drive is first priority

Harlon · 30 Nov 2009 at 17:51

the boot priority isnt a problem its booting for the CD alright, the problem is that i dont get a choice in the matter i used to when i put in a bootable CD after the post screen get a maessage
"press any key to boot from CD." after about 5 secs without pressing any key it would boot the OS from the hdd

now when i put in a bootable disk for exmaple memtest or the windows xp disk it doesnt give me this message and automatically boots from the CD without me telling it to.

For what its worth the boot prio is
optical drive
hdd

in that order

Pawnless Endgame · 30 Nov 2009 at 18:21

You'll only get the message "press any key to boot from CD" when you boot the Windows XP CD (and possibly other Windows version). Most CDs, like Memtest, tend to boot without warning, as long as CD is before HD in the priority.

blister · 30 Nov 2009 at 18:23

yep windows 7 also vista xp and every windows o/s im aware of

SilverTongue · 30 Nov 2009 at 18:25

IGNORE

TUNSTALL_NICK · 30 Nov 2009 at 19:27

Harlon · 2 Dec 2009 at 01:02

As i said i used to get those messages when i would boot from the windows disk now i am not getting them anymore they just disappeared.

Due to other problems i was having with the machine i formatted the drive and went to start a fresh and that caused yet another problem so ive had to fork out and get a shop to take a look at it.