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Old June 8th, 2009, 11:57 AM
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Booting from cd
Need to boot from cd. I have changed the boot order to boot from there first, but windows just keeps loading normally.

I am trying to reset/bypass admin password as drunken daughter changed it on her pc and she is the only user/admin.
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just keeps loading normally.


If this is an XP system you may need to hit a function key to instruct it to boot from the CD...may be F12 but can't remember for sure...look for a quick flashing prompt during the boot sequence...
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If this is an XP system you may need to hit a function key to instruct it to boot from the CD...may be F12 but can't remember for sure...look for a quick flashing prompt during the boot sequence...


Will give F12 a go. The prompt appears for a nano second and goes before I can read it.

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if F12 does not work try F11 etc. et al

just can't remember (CRS)
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Some BIOS have a "boot menu", too. Try looking for that.

Also, this is probably a dumb question, but you DO have a bootable CD in the drive when it boots up, right?
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If not one of the F keys, some motherboards can enter the boot menu if you hammer on ESC while it's booting.

The BIOS method (putting CD-ROM at the top of your boot list) should definitely work though. You are booting from a working Windows CD right?

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