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    Cant boot on windows XP pro cd =(

    Hey i just bought a A8N SLI Delux mobo and i cant boot on the windows cd.. its nota copy its the original one. Ive set the cdrom at 1st in the the Boot prtority but it keeps saying BOOT DRIVE FAILIURE. PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISC AND PRESS ENTER.

    PlZ help me

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    make sure the cd drive is successfully bewing detected - check the BIOS for this.

    if you're definitely booting from cd, but it isn';t working, then phone microsoft technical support

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    Also make sure that if you are using two CD drives that you have set the corrrect one to be checked first.

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