How to Set the BIOS to Boot from CD (Essential for Reinstalling Windows)
Booting from a CD is the most important step when learning to reinstall a computer. Once the CD boot is set up, installing the operating system is not that hard, since it is almost always just clicking Next. So in this article, I will teach you how to change the boot settings in the BIOS. What is the BIOS? Basic Input/Output System (BIOS, Basic Input/Output System) is the most basic software code loaded onto a computer’s hardware system. The BIOS can be thought of as a tiny operating system that specializes in communicating with the hardware. It is usually written in assembly language for compatible CPUs. (This section is based on Wikipedia.) ...