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espendale · 02-21-2008, 02:19 AM

Hello.

I have a problem with my HP Compaq 8510w, running Vista. The computer is working smoothly, and so far Vista seems ok. The only thing that sucks is the partitioning which is pre-defined by HP, giving me -- in effect -- one drive with 100gb, one with 1,5gb, and one HP recovery drive occupying 8gbs.

This HP drive is bootable, so that I can always return to the computers original condition when having problems. The drawback is, of course, all the HP software and stuff you get on your computer, just occupying space and time.

I want to clean the whole computer, repartitionate the way I like it (one system drive c:, and one personal drive d:), and I have a legal Vista-ISO (and XP, for that matter) burned to a DVD.

However, I am not able to boot from the DVDs. I have tested it on other computers, and it works fine. Its almost like I'm lacking some drivers or something in the BIOS, because the option "press a key to boot from DVD" does not appear.

My computer knowledge is somewhere over average - I think - and I have tweaked a little in BIOS to get it to boot. Still, I am out of luck.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Espen Dale, Norway.

02-21-2008, 02:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
espendale Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1	[SOLVED] Not able to boot from DVD Hello. I have a problem with my HP Compaq 8510w, running Vista. The computer is working smoothly, and so far Vista seems ok. The only thing that sucks is the partitioning which is pre-defined by HP, giving me -- in effect -- one drive with 100gb, one with 1,5gb, and one HP recovery drive occupying 8gbs. This HP drive is bootable, so that I can always return to the computers original condition when having problems. The drawback is, of course, all the HP software and stuff you get on your computer, just occupying space and time. I want to clean the whole computer, repartitionate the way I like it (one system drive c:, and one personal drive d:), and I have a legal Vista-ISO (and XP, for that matter) burned to a DVD. However, I am not able to boot from the DVDs. I have tested it on other computers, and it works fine. Its almost like I'm lacking some drivers or something in the BIOS, because the option "press a key to boot from DVD" does not appear. My computer knowledge is somewhere over average - I think - and I have tweaked a little in BIOS to get it to boot. Still, I am out of luck. Any ideas? Regards, Espen Dale, Norway.