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When your computer is booting up (and I mean right as its booting up), just keep tapping F8. If you do it right you will get a menu asking you where you want to boot from. Just select CD-ROM and press enter. Then you should be good to go. And if you get a “keyboard error” reboot and try again but not pressing F8 as much.
One more thing, if a menu comes up but it asks if you want to boot into Safe Mode, restart and try pressing F12 instead of F8 (I can’t remember which brings the boot menu up at the moment but I’m pretty certain its F8)
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First you need to change the boot order so that the computer does not default to boot from the HDD, this is how!
You will need to enter the Bios. Different computers have different ways to enter the BIOS (setup). Turn on your computer and then look on the screen for some text that says something similar to “Press ‘X’ to Enter Startup”, where X is generally the F2 key or the DEL key.Press this key repeatedly as soon as the computer has been turned on. If you see the Windows Logo appear, then you are too late; restart the computer and try again.
If you are using a USB Keyboard and cannot get into the BIOS, you will need to use a standard PS2 Keyboard.The first BIOS screen will show many computer settings. The mouse will not work in this screen. Navigate the menus using the arrow keys on the keyboard. Typically, the bottom of the screen will show the keys for navigation, and changing the settings.Look for a setting that says Boot Order, Boot Sequence, First Boot Device, Boot Management, or something similar and select it. The screen will show a list of devices that your computer can boot from. You need to change the order of these devices so your CD will run. Change this setting to have the CD-ROM drive as the first in the list. Once the Boot Order has been changed, save and exit the BIOS screen. Most computers you will use either the F10 key or the ESC key. When asked to save the changes and exit select ‘Yes’ Once you have saved and exited out of the BIOS, insert your CD or into the computer, and reboot.
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