I have wiped the hard drive on a spare computer using DOS fdisk and created a primary partition. I entended formatting with the Windows XP CD.
Now, when I put a bootable CD into the drive I get the error message - cannot boot from the CD - error code 5
I can boot with a DOS CD OK but not a windows XP or a Bart Recovery.
My windows 98 boots but the program halts at the first line of text on the screen
Has anyone any ideas?
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The thread on this web site suggests that this is happening due to a bad CD drive.
http://forums.hardwarelogic.com/f18/cannot-boot-cd-code-5-a-9876.html