No cd-boots (linux OR windows)

[webgovernor]

Hi Guys,

On one of my PCs (formerly WinXP),
I was demo-ing a bunch of software,
once I finished that, I my PC froze,
which is typical in a windows enviroment, usually
happens when I install some crappy/insecure software.

Well, I tried to reboot, then the system keeps restarting
just before loading the login screen.

So, I naturally decided to re-install, so I put my
winXP disk in the cd-rom...

CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR

funny... so, I open up the bios,
check my cd-rom settings, everything's great.

Reboot, same thing.

Open bios, restore to defaults.
check settings, it ok.

Reboot, same thing.

Stick in Mandrake 10.0

This time it says:
Boot media not recognized, enter correct boot media and
press any key.

(press a key, it says the same thing)

So, I put in Windows 98
Disk I/o error. Press any key.

Anyway, The drive works great, I just swapped it with another PC,
and it worked just fine.

Put in a different Drive, same excact thing!

So, if anyone knows how to fix this...

I'll be much in you debt.

Thanks a lot, in advance.

[webgovernor]

Ok, I fixed it.

Solution: I set 1 cd-rom drive to Cable Select and I unplugged the other.
They were configured correct, but I read this solution on
another forum. And this seems to be a problem with the newer Award Bios.

I hope this helps anyone else with this error.