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Hi, I have dell inspiron 6400 laptop.....I want to format but No option found to boot from cd even if it is enabled in BIOS setup.......What should i do???? The operating system is already failed.......
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I'm sorry to hear about the optical drive not working. For Dell Notebooks, as the BIOS screen comes up (The first screen with the DELL logo), press F12 to get into the boot device menu. If the device you want to use is not in there, arrow key down to the BIOS Setup. Each BIOS menu is different, but about 4 or 5 options down, you should be able to modify the boot order. Change this so that the desired boot device comes before the hard drive. Exit, make sure you have your USB device plugged in and retry it. Please let me know how it goes.
If the system is posting but will not boot to Windows, then try re-seating the drive, resetting BIOS defaults and running diags on the HDD (Fn+Power Button to start diags)
I believed this can be resolve by clean the cmos battery. you need to remove the cmos batery from the laptop then power it on then immediately turn it off. then put the battery back to the laptop then power it on keep tapping on f2 to enter setup. please follow the instructions from the link to remove the cmos battery http://tinyurl.com/yb3mhyg
You only have floppy, hard drive and cd-rom options. With some Dell models the USB is seen as a secondary hard drive from within the BIOS so maybe (if your bios supports it) you can change boot order there.
Usually thats not the case so you mainly have to boot from the CD/DVD to install or run a DOS or linux command.
Just boot from XP CD - pressing F12 should give you the option in Bios, allowing you to boot from CD when all is completed. Some PCs still need sata/scsi drivers loaded by pressing F6 in the install. If all fails read original manual that came with Dell 6400. If lost you should be able to download from dell support, using express service tag.
hi rashmi first g o to bios setup and check your external dvd is detected . If not detected in bios then enable legacy 2.0 in bios advanced option then go to boot option and save first as dvd drive. then uc an boot with it. Let em know
The reason why xp does not see the hard drive durin setup is the ahci option enabled in the bios. you need to change the option to ata. to do that power on the system and tap f2 at the dell logo. in the bios change the stat operations to ata. the option most likely is listed under drivers. you may also have to disble flash cache from the bios. once the option is disabled hit esc and save and exit. boot from the XP cd and run the setup. at the partations screen delete the c drive and partation it according to the size you need for xp and leave the rest for vista. install XP and the drivers from support.dell.com. After XP is ready to use put in the Vista DVD once in XP and install Vista on the unpartationed space left from the c drive.
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