Re: Will not Boot from CD Rom

From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 08/27/03

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    Dave wrote:
    >
    > I have a new Dimension 4600 from Dell. I burned the iso files onto CDs
    > and now I am trying to boot my computer from the cd rom.
    >
    > It actually finds the CD and runs through it then fails. I used the
    > md5summer.exe to check that the iso files were ok and there were not
    > any problems.
    >
    > Can anyone help? It seems like there is only a few options I can
    > try....

    You MUST burn the ISO to disk as an image not as a file.
    You also need to download them in binary not ASCII.

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