HELP!

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Reason why I ask is because no screen comes up when I stick the CD in.

[Beskar]

Reason why I ask is because no screen comes up when I stick the CD in.

Make sure the Laptop will boot from CD.

Enter BIOS/CMOS, it is usually one of the following five keys -
* F1
* F2
* DEL
* ESC
* F10

For example my Laptop uses F2 (while my box uses Del), but from there, it is usually the same set-up.

Once there, depending on again, which kind of BIOS/CMOS set-up it is, head over to the boot part. For my laptop, it is simply 'boot' tab then click the 'cd/dvd' for that option. For my box, I believe you go to advanced, and it has a list of boot options in an order, which is set on checking CD drive first, then Harddrive.

Anyway, make sure your laptop checks the disk-drive. Then it goes fine. It is usually configured automatically do this, but as in this case where it isn't, this is sort of where you go to look.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I got a desktop, not a laptop. But I'll try this anyhow.

[Beskar]

It works for both laptops and desktops. I just said laptop as I saw the laptop bit earlier and assumed you was on about a Dell Laptop.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Yes I'm using a laptop because my desktop is the one that broke .