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Hi all i have vista business now i have tried changing the bios so i boots from cd-rom but keeps coming up error code 5 now i have changed drive yet same trouble can any1 tell me away 2 boot or force the pc to boot at start up i thought maybe cmd or something all ideas would be great then i can try each 1 thanks i am trying 2 install windows7 and ther disc will work in my other pc yet not this 1 so its not disc some setting or something in bios or maybe startup ?????

[Koalaphil]

Have had similar trouble, that computer will not restart as problem when starting from CD have found that after it finds your system and starts repair click cancel button and say yes then on new panel go to cmd and write rstrui.exe/OFFLINE:C:Windows it will bring up the system restore window (Remove disk from computer now) and click retsore at least 3 - 5 days before last restore point. but after any last install of software or you will have to reinstall that.

[log]

i can do system restore but how is this going 2 make my pc boot up from cd rom ??? as i am trying to do a install but it wont read from my drive on restart

[DoubleHelix]

A system restore will do nothing to help a computer that can't boot from the optical drive. You've eliminated the disk and the drive as the problem. That leaves the cable, the motherboard connector, and the board itself.

Try a different cable. Try a different SATA or IDE port. If neither work, I'd say it's a problem with the motherboard and that it'll need to be replaced.