cannot install 7.10 on cleaned hard drive

Okay, is the BIOs set to boot from the CD, rather than the hard drive?

yes

or at least I think that is the case but please give me your advice either way: bios or hard drive and I will act accordingly.

I meant to say CD or hard drive....

rugby471: I assume that the bios is set to read CD and not hard drive.
But since I am not certain your advice pertaining to either case
would be appreciated. Ike
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Your BIOS isn't set to boot from CD.
The only thing you can do is to enter the BIOS and set it to first boot the CD and as second device the HD.
Without this configuration you'll not be able to install anything on that drive through the CD.

Andreas, thanks for your response. I assumed that the BIOS was set to
boot from a CD but clearly that is not the case. Question: how do I
access the BIOS? I assume there are key strokes one my use to do so
immediately after startup but I do not have certain knowledge;
moreover, the PCs I am cleaning are not all the same manufacture.
Advice?
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> Your BIOS isn't set to boot from CD.
> The only thing you can do is to enter the BIOS and set it to first
> boot the CD and as second device the HD.
> Without this configuration you'll not be able to install anything on
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Well, when you boot up the PC, you should be able to see messages near the bottom of the screen (typically) saying

Press DEL for BIOS

Or something like that, since all computers are different, you will have to read and then try, however most often it is Delete.

Thanks for the help. I will be able to try this Monday. Do I assume
correctly that if I do not see the message at the bottom of the
screen, I can try variously "del" or other action keys immediately
after starting the computer and move to BIOS? Regards

On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:11 AM, rugby471 wrote:

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> the bottom of the screen (typically) saying
>
> Press DEL for BIOS
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Here is a guide on howto set it to boot from the CD

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

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