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How To Configure BIOS to Boot From Floppy or CD-Rom – Ep. 8

  • November 15, 2009
  • Posted by: Craig Chamberlin
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Today’s video will show you how to configure your BIOS to boot from your floppy disk or CD-Rom disk you created with the Boot-US manager on it. This is a necessary step to ensure our next video goes as smooth as possible. This will allow us to test the boot manager and configure our CD-Rom drive as a primary bootable device to install Windows on. Many people don’t realize you need to adjust your boot sequence to get your computer to boot from the proper devices. Many computer don’t come configured to look for the CD-Rom to save time on initial boot-up speeds. So even if you aren’t doing multiple partitions, this video is quite useful for those of you who know nothing about BIOS.

Author:Craig Chamberlin

Craig Chamberlin is an active professional IT Administrator, E-Commerce Web Developer and SEO Expert at Precision Electric, Inc. The basic motto of "Always improving towards the ever elusive ideal" guides his approach to teaching, life as well as business.