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  1. 03-01-2009 #1
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    Live CD will load in 2 machines, but not the one I want to install in...

    Title says it all - Live disk will boot up live in 2 of my machines, but not in another.

    Ideas?
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    Well, I've had trouble when I use a cdrw disk that works in one laoptop but not another. Found that when I burn it to cdr it works just fine. Also have had trouble sometimes where it was the cdroms fault, because when I changed out drive for another it would then work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rokytnji View Post
    Well, I've had trouble when I use a cdrw disk that works in one laoptop but not another. Found that when I burn it to cdr it works just fine. Also have had trouble sometimes where it was the cdroms fault, because when I changed out drive for another it would then work.
    I agree, try changing out the CDROM with a known working one.
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  4. 03-01-2009 #4
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    It's possible it's a bad ODD drive, BUT, it is the one that I used to burn the LiveCD itself just an hour ago.

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    I myself have a CDR that will write and erase, but it will not boot the system...it's just basically used for burning only.
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    Does LiveCD throw any error message at startup? Is it First Boot Device in BIOS?
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Does LiveCD throw any error message at startup? Is it First Boot Device in BIOS?
    It boots up fine in 2 machines, no error messages.

    CD/DVD drive is first boot device in the machine that it does not boot up the LiveCD.

    EDIT:
    On one machine that boots it up, I installed to a USB hard drive.

    Then I plugged the USB hard drive into 2 other machines, to see if it would boot on a USB address (since the computer that installed is doesn't boot USB). On both of the other machines, boot sequence set for USB, it gave MBR error message.

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    You know, CDROMs are one of the easiest PC parts to replace, usually it just involves removing the case cover, 2 screws and 2 plugs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeTbob View Post
    You know, CDROMs are one of the easiest PC parts to replace, usually it just involves removing the case cover, 2 screws and 2 plugs.
    Looks like the interface is different for the ODD's in my Dell laptop and HP laptop.
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    So I swapped the ODD's, and I could not get connected still.

    Any ideas?
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