Press any key to boot from cd/dvd doesnt work

So i wanted to format my pc like ive down millions of times before so i
put the vista dvd in.

Restart pc then the, "press any key to boot from cd/dvd" screen comes
up, i press a key

Then it repeats the "press any key to boot from cd/dvd" right under the
previous one

O_O so whats going on?

ive tried pressing again on the second prompt and the computer just
freezes there it doesnt load windows from the dvd. Also i thought maybe
if i dont press key again on second prompt then it would load, but no,
it loads the os on the hard drive.

So y wont the pc load the dvd?


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cruzer1234

Hi,

Offhand I'd say the fault lies in either a damaged optical drive or dirty
disk.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"cruzer1234" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> So i wanted to format my pc like ive down millions of times before so i
> put the vista dvd in.
>
> Restart pc then the, "press any key to boot from cd/dvd" screen comes
> up, i press a key
>
> Then it repeats the "press any key to boot from cd/dvd" right under the
> previous one
>
> O_O so whats going on?
>
> ive tried pressing again on the second prompt and the computer just
> freezes there it doesnt load windows from the dvd. Also i thought maybe
> if i dont press key again on second prompt then it would load, but no,
> it loads the os on the hard drive.
>
> So y wont the pc load the dvd?
>
>
> --
> cruzer1234

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:04:59 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Offhand I'd say the fault lies in either a damaged optical drive or dirty
>disk.

Could also be that your keyboard is not yet active. Sometimes
depending on bios settings a USB keyboard may lag in becoming active.
If it isn't active then pushing a key will not register. A way to tell
is if you have indicator lights for caps lock or num lock is to press
these keys and see if there is a response..