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On my new build I just installed Windows 7 x64 and realized that I had put it on the wrong partition. I pop my OS CD back to re-install. My keyboard will work to access the BIOS but when the little message comes up to "press any key to boot from CD..." I can't do anything! If I let it go ahead and boot Windows it will work.
What I have tried:
- Clearing the CMOS by hitting the button on the back of my computer.
- I tried a different USB keyboard but it didn't work either.
- I tried using one of those USB/PS2 adapters but I had the same problem.
Any other ideas what to try? I'm about out!
Icode4food
Posted 2010-11-06T21:01:50.790
Reputation: 927
I haven't experienced that, but a possible workaround to try, you could try a PS2 keyboard, they work a bit differently, you may notice that with a a ps2 keyboard they flash as soon as they are plugged in, so a slight sign of them working when plugged in! I doubt it'd work. But worth a try. It looks like maybe it's not a ps2 or usb issue. I'm not entirely sure whether that "press any key to boot from CD." is from the BIOS or the CD, I think it's from the CD, though that doesn't help. – barlop – 2010-11-06T22:50:31.153
But to install windows you could just make it so it can't boot the current windows off the hard disk . Remove the current one , or make the partition of the current one inactive. – barlop – 2010-11-06T22:51:16.253
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have you disabled Legacy USB in the BIOS?
– Xantec – 2010-11-06T23:21:10.057Side note - that message "press any key to boot from CD" - it's from the CD. It's Windows way of trying to prevent you from booting off the install CD again after Setup invokes a reboot after the initial phase of the install. – LawrenceC – 2010-11-07T01:45:57.573
@Xantec: ENABLING that setting proved to be the solution. – Icode4food – 2010-11-08T13:36:46.550
@Icode4food: glad to hear it – Xantec – 2010-11-08T13:41:30.830