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Re: Operating System not Found (won't boot from cdrom drive) (466 Views)
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Mumbodog
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Registered: ‎01-11-2010
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Re: Operating System not Found (won't boot from cdrom drive)

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vtfoster
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Registered: ‎04-23-2012
Message 12 of 14 (466 Views)

Re: Operating System not Found (won't boot from cdrom drive)

Here's the tag from the notebook.....     thanks!!!!!!

 

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vtfoster
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Registered: ‎04-23-2012
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Re: Operating System not Found (won't boot from cdrom drive)

I went to the website but am having a difficult time finding the right drivers.  My device Mgr currrently looks like this (see picture).  I feel like I am guessing which driver may work and often guessing wrong....     if there is any advice on how to select the right driver, that would be helpful.  I suspect that it is not straightforward as I am installing Windows XP on a machine that previously has Vista installed.

 

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stevejone88
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Registered: ‎04-28-2012
Message 14 of 14 (412 Views)

Re: Operating System not Found (won't boot from cdrom drive)

I too have the same problem and I was search for it in the forum. Finally I got it here.In the first as it is mentioned I did in the same way and now it worked for me

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