Goldenflames10 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 OK i have a 2002 Dell Dimension 4600 It has an 80gig HDD, 82865G graphics card, and 2 gigs of ram I did a fresh install of windows xp Now, i have two optical drives, one for CD-roms, and the other a DVD/CD drive. I burned the iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 and my computer wont boot from the DVD, it just goes to windows..Im not stupid, i've tried everything. From changing boot order, to selecting OS Install mode in my bios. Can someone help me? PLEASE! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGO M.D Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Give us the complete configs of your laptop and read a little bit more about it. The Google Search of insanelymac exist for a reason There is a tutorial iDeneb http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...43610&st=20 iPC http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=150341 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1178711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenflames10 Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Give us the complete configs of your laptop and read a little bit more about it. The Google Search of insanelymac exist for a reason There is a tutorial iDeneb http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...43610&st=20 iPC http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=150341 i followed the iDeneb tutorial a long time ago.. But my computer wont boot from the DVD..it doesn't realize a DVD is there...it just skips it and goes to booting up Windows.. i followed the iDeneb tutorial a long time ago.. But my computer wont boot from the DVD..it doesn't realize a DVD is there...it just skips it and goes to booting up Windows.. woah i just checked the DVD...it said the DVD is 552 bytes... lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1178712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGO M.D Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 That's OK , the size. Windows don't recognize it correctly. Did you use a DVD-RW ? burn again at the lowest speed possible. Are you really sure that the bios is set to boot from DVD drive ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1178728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenflames10 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 That's OK , the size. Windows don't recognize it correctly. Did you use a DVD-RW ? burn again at the lowest speed possible. Are you really sure that the bios is set to boot from DVD drive ? Thanks for your reply, i burned this disc on another computer and i know it was a DVD-RW Im 1000% sure. I also made sure to just boot from the DVD..I've even tried to make the computer boot from only the DVD, and i get an error "Strike f1 to retry boot or f2 to enter setup" Ill retry to burn a new one on the slowest speed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1178743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenflames10 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thanks for your reply, i burned this disc on another computer and i know it was a DVD-RW Im 1000% sure. I also made sure to just boot from the DVD..I've even tried to make the computer boot from only the DVD, and i get an error "Strike f1 to retry boot or f2 to enter setup" Ill retry to burn a new one on the slowest speed. Nope...didn't work but the DVD spun for awhile before booting windows Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1178768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGO M.D Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 So i belive that's the midia, try another DVD-RW or DVD-R. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1179147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstevens Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 So i belive that's the midia, try another DVD-RW or DVD-R. I personally believe that you're better off going for DVD-R and not RW for doing things like this. I'm not sure if it actually makes a difference or it's just me being an idiot. Still, certainly try with a DVD-R and see what happens. Also, make sure you burn it as a bootable image and not files and finally, check that the DVD drive is first in the BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1179177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenflames10 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 I personally believe that you're better off going for DVD-R and not RW for doing things like this. I'm not sure if it actually makes a difference or it's just me being an idiot. Still, certainly try with a DVD-R and see what happens. Also, make sure you burn it as a bootable image and not files and finally, check that the DVD drive is first in the BIOS. Hmm alright, i just might settle on VMware... lemme try iPC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1179419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy C Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Had the same problem with the same computer. After trying to figure out what was wrong for a couple hours I figured out how to fix it and its extremely easy. Just simply turn off the CD drive so only the DVD drive is active. And that is it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/170943-dell-dimension-4600please-help/#findComment-1228113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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