# HP Laptop not booting from a CD **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-laptop-not-booting-from-a-cd/35684 "2007-09-20T07:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-laptop-not-booting-from-a-cd/35684/1 "2007-09-20T07:49:47Z")
A friend of mine just got a used laptop and gave it to me to re-install a fresh copy of windows. I set the bios to boot from the CD-Rom first, then floppy, HDD and then network. When it starts up It doesn’t do anything with the drive… just goes right into XP (home). Anyone ever have a problem like this? Know how you corrected it off hand? It did save the boot order in the bios ok, so that isn’t a problem. Also, the thing would stay on for approx 30 mins, then shut it self off even on AC power. I figured it was heat related and blew all the dust/dog hair I could out of it with a can of compressed air… any suggestions for the if it does it again? (it’s been on now for about 15mins and no problems yet) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-laptop-not-booting-from-a-cd/35684/2 "2007-09-20T07:51:50Z")
does the cd rom work at all? Is the cd bootable? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hp-laptop-not-booting-from-a-cd/35684/3 "2007-09-20T08:06:31Z")
ya know, I’m an idiot. looks like the drive is shot… could of sworn I put a cd in, while in windows and it worked. turns out it’s not reading anything thanks man