[Dash-X]

Hey, It's me again.

I just tried to boot from my vista DVD because i will soon have to format both my hard drive partitions.

The problem is, when i start my pc with the dvd in the drive, nothing happens. The OS just starts from the hard drive as usual...

So how do i fix this... how do i boot from the dvd?

Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit

[leroys1000]

As the computer starts up,watch the screen for a message that
says to press a certain key to enter setup,then press that key.
You will need to find the setting for first boot device and change
it to CDROM.
Then save settings and exit.
Don't forget to set it back or remove the cd when completed.

Some computers also have an option for a quick boot menu.
Watch the screen for a message to press a key for boot menu.
Press that key,select the drive and hit enter.
Easier if you have that option.

[Dash-X]

I started the PC, It showed my MOBO name and other stuff... Said press DEL to start setup or something like that...I pressed DEL. It went on the boot screen where it showed only Windows Vista option. I pressed F8. Some more options popped up... like safe mode and such. But there was NOTHING about a dvd/cd...

[Dash-X]

Ok, I made some progress. I got into BIOS, changed the 1st boot device to CD/DVD. I saved. My pc restarted. i could now boot from DVD. First it was loading resources or something. Then the vista loading screen started. After that was finished, it threw me to a vista wallpaper-like image. I waited for about a minute hoping something would now pop up. the image was a bit out of my screen but i managed to center it by pressing monitor's auto adjust button. Nothing popped up. It stayed like that. Had to do hard reset. ESC, DEL, nothing worked :S
So... now what do i do :S

[leroys1000]

Might make sure you don't have any external hardware,like
an external hard drive or anything connected before you
boot to the disk.
Can take a little while to load setup files.

[Hughv]

Why is the format necessary?

[Dash-X]

Originally Posted by Hughv

Why is the format necessary?

I'm getting a new motherboard, that's why.

[Hughv]

Why the new board? I'm wondering if you're having problems related to this.
If I were getting a new board, I'd also get Windows 7. If it's not the same board, you'll have to get a new OS disk anyway.

[Dash-X]

Thanks for trying to help who did... And who didn't. Yep.

SOLVED. I can now format