PLEASE HELP: Quick question on formatting laptop

[PlayerOne]

My Asus laptop doesn't go through a screen when i turn it on that says smthing like "to config stuff, press F10"

I'm trying to format my laptop and need to make my cdrom my boot drive(right?)

so how should i do this?

Thanks

[PlayerOne]

when i pop in my xp cd, which, on my desktop, shows clear and simple steps for me to format my comp

but when i try this on my lappy, it says the version of windows i have on the lappy is newer than the version i have on the cd, so it won't let me do jack

can someone tell me what i should do to format, imma little stuck

thanks

[PlayerOne]

...can someone out there help me plz?

(bumping twice a day is only for the BST's right...?)

[sarkispc]

Hi once the computer turns on press F2 or delete a few times and the Bios screen should show up. In the Boot configuration change the settings for the cdrom to be the first boot device. Then floppy, then Hard drive. Once done, save and exit, pop in the cd and press enter when it says press enter to boot with cd.

[TotallyKiller]

Hi once the computer turns on press F2 or delete a few times and the Bios screen should show up. In the Boot configuration change the settings for the cdrom to be the first boot device. Then floppy, then Hard drive. Once done, save and exit, pop in the cd and press enter when it says press enter to boot with cd.

This won't help you with your XP issue.

Are you trying to load XP on both machines? This often occurs with older XP versions or EOM versions. If your copy is legitimate and not loaded on another machine (XP can only be loaded on one machine per license unless you have a pro version) then you can call Microsoft and tell them you've made some hardware changes and need to reinstall. They'll give you a long code and you'll be fine.