Re: Cant Boot From CD

KEWL2BME · 04-29-2009, 08:52 PM

Hey. Im having much the same issue as this guy was (minus the turdy attitude) and researching the web for an answer. I know this thread is a few years old but Im hoping somebody can help me out anyways.

My situation is slightly different. Im on a Toshiba Satellite M45-S359. The Windows on here was destroyed when a friend borrowed the laptop and I was trying for a fresh reinstall. Windows wont even load now. At first I thought maby it was my boot CD so I dl'ed the Ubuntu boot disk and it works fine on my desktop. So I know at least that one disk is working as a boot CD.

I have set BIOS (ACPI BIOS version = 1.20) to boot from CD and saved it.

The DVD-ROM driver starts and spins when the laptop is turned on but its not booting anything. I have tested the DVD-ROM drive on another laptop and it works perfectly. I dont get any error messages or anything, it just tries to start Windows from the HDD.

I was going to try to do the troubleshooting you guys suggested for this threads creator but Im on a laptop and my BIOS doesnt have any of the options you all have suggested he do. That and to be honest Im a bit wary of taking apart a laptop.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

dai · 04-30-2009, 02:22 AM

you most likely have a restore disk which you put in and press one of the F keys to set the recovery going
the disk itself will not be bootable

04-29-2009, 08:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
KEWL2BME Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP SP3	Re: Cant Boot From CD Hey. Im having much the same issue as this guy was (minus the turdy attitude) and researching the web for an answer. I know this thread is a few years old but Im hoping somebody can help me out anyways. My situation is slightly different. Im on a Toshiba Satellite M45-S359. The Windows on here was destroyed when a friend borrowed the laptop and I was trying for a fresh reinstall. Windows wont even load now. At first I thought maby it was my boot CD so I dl'ed the Ubuntu boot disk and it works fine on my desktop. So I know at least that one disk is working as a boot CD. I have set BIOS (ACPI BIOS version = 1.20) to boot from CD and saved it. The DVD-ROM driver starts and spins when the laptop is turned on but its not booting anything. I have tested the DVD-ROM drive on another laptop and it works perfectly. I dont get any error messages or anything, it just tries to start Windows from the HDD. I was going to try to do the troubleshooting you guys suggested for this threads creator but Im on a laptop and my BIOS doesnt have any of the options you all have suggested he do. That and to be honest Im a bit wary of taking apart a laptop. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

04-30-2009, 02:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,705 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Cant Boot From CD you most likely have a restore disk which you put in and press one of the F keys to set the recovery going the disk itself will not be bootable __________________