booting with windows cd

[kanishk]

i have worked on linux a bit but never had this prob

i installed it on a different pc just to format windows as ws unable to do so with windows cd due to a virus now in order to switch back to windows i have been trying but couldn't boot using winxp cd as in there is no option to boot from cd and straight away grub takes over what should i do???

if i need to change boot order then how to do that pl help

Kanishk

[devils casper]

there is an option in BIOS to set 'First Boot Device'. set 'CD Drive' as first boot device.

[kanishk]

i tried to do that but pressing delete didnt help so is there any other way to change bios settings???

[devils casper]

different BIOS' uses different key combinations. try Esc, Ctrl + S or Function key. check your MoBo manufacturer's site too.

[asadujjaman]

My bios takes pressing F10 for that. But windows XP hangs during setup. After this message: Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration.

But on a fresh HDD (Havin linux not installed) i could install XP on my PC with the same CD just fine.

What's the reason for this?

[devils casper]

GRUB is creating problems. you have to remove that first. its easy to re-install GRUB later on.
download Windows 98 Bootable Floppy from www.bootdisk.com. boot up from Floppy and execute this

fdisk /mbr

Windows Installation CD will work on reboot.

[asadujjaman]

I hava windows 98 CD. So that should work.

GRUB is creating problems. you have to remove that first. its easy to re-install GRUB later on.
download Windows 98 Bootable Floppy from www.bootdisk.com. boot up from Floppy and execute this

fdisk /mbr

Windows Installation CD will work on reboot.

[devils casper]

I hava windows 98 CD. So that should work.

yes. Windows 98 Installation CD should work.