pal u have to enter delete button to get into BIOS in dell computers.
i have a dell computer too and after entering the BIOS by pressing delete
button
go to advanced setup and there go to booting options whre the 1st boot
device is always the
hard disk drive change it to cd or dvd drive and press f10 to save and exit
for rebooting
then put ur cd or dvd into the drive for installing then press any key when
it asks to press
and then install the OS u prefer .the job is done
bye



On 2/4/09, Joyce A <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Cleaner than I thought!  LOL!  Okay, here's the problem: Windows has been
> scrubbed out of the two Dell computers I bought at a college auction on
> Saturday.  Each one is equipped with a 3.5 floppy drive, a CD drive, and a
> DVD drive, as well as a hard disk.  I can't get either one of them to boot
> from the CD or DVD drive so I can install an operating system on them, and
> of course they're just so much scrap without an OS.
>
> So how do I work it?  Do I try to install DOS (latest version I have is
> 6.0) through the floppy drive?  Then go from there?  Or is there a way I can
> get them to read from the CD or the DVD?  I tried holding down F8 while I
> rebooted, and once I let it up, the machines continued to boot until I got
> the message "System Halted."
>
> Not willing to shell out $120 for a new copy of Windows...  I mean to
> install Ubuntu on these machines.  TIA for any help!
>
> Joyce in SE Ohio
>
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