is there a way to bypass the "press any key to boot from cd" prompt. So you just pop the disk in and walk away?

search the forum,ive asked this b4 but 4got the answer

remove bootfix.bin from i386

Thanks Durex

Don't you get into a loop then?

yep, u should only use that method IF u have a boot menu (like cdshell) or something else

Im pretty sure you wouldnt get a loop if it was a bootable cd... it would just simply boot to the cd automatically if you had it in there

The point is Windows will re-start the installation process from the beginning after each reboot...

You must do this with a Multi-Boot menu.

so there is no way to properly do this?

The only way I know you can work with a CD where you removed the BOOTFIX.BIN file it the following:

In you BIOS, you'll have to set the boot device priority to

1- HARD DRIVE

2- CD-ROM

So when you boot for the first time, since there is nothing to boot on the hard drive, it will boot from the CD-ROM. After the TextSetup mode is done, the computer reboot and will continue to the hard drive since there is something to boot now...

Remember that your Hard Drive must NOT be bootable for this to work...

Or you could just pull out your cd after the restart....

and if the hard drive is already bootable, just use the F12 boot menu option that most bios's have...