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I am suspecting that I need a new CD rom perhaps... there is no sign of it functioning. I will try another one in it and see if it will boot up. It is a CompaQ computer and it is impossible to get to the bios during boot up.. I would like to change the setting to boot first from CD but I can't get to that spot. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Will check back later after I install a different CD rom

I need some help please. I have an old computer Compaq which I only want to run one program Excel. I was having problems with files missing so I thought i would just wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall my 98 SE disk and all would be fine. Well the computer doesnt recognize the CD rom ... I have a boot disk which allows me to go to dos. Can anyone give me some suggestions please.