-- akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > I am totally lost now! I realized (after taking a > look > > into my BIOS) that my CD-ROM "is not installed" > > anymore... So, I cannot install Fedora or restore > my > > Windows back. > > I would appreciate any help! > > Hoffmann > > > What makes you think that your CDROM is not > installed. Destroying a > partition should not have an effect of the BIOS. I > suspect it may need > to be activated but he BIOS can do that. > > Then to recap, forget about restoring your Windows > boot block. > Install fedora which will allow you to create the > non Windows > partition and install fedora. A grub boot block will > be installed and > entries in the grub.conf file will allow you to boot > Windows. > > However, if you want to just have Windows for now > you can recreate the > Windows boot block by the methods suggested in the > other postings. > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > -- Hi Aaron, Let me explain better: I took a look on the BIOS and what I read there is "CDROM group non-installed". That surprised me!!! This way, after setting "read CDROM" as the FIRST priority on the BIOS, I cannot be able to boot from CD. Consequently, I cannot reinstall Fedora. Am I missing anything? Please, let me know. Thanks! Hoffmann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com