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How does a computer know which CD/DVDs to boot from?
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Mar 15, 2026754 viewsConfidence Score0%
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What actually happens when a user reboots his or her system with an OS disk (or other bootable disk) in the CD/DVD drive? For example, when I put in my OS installation CD and start the computer up, it says . How this is done on the actual CD/DVD? Because this indicates that when each time CPU is re…
Error Output
"Press any key to continue from CD or DVD..."
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Fix for: How does a computer know which CD/DVDs to boot from?
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The El Torito CD-ROM standard is an extension to the ISO-9660 spec that allows booting from CD. Some OS installation cds, Windows is one example, use these extensions to make installing an operating system easier for the user. Your computer is proba…
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