I've found machines that lost the ability or never could boot from DVD as well as incorrectly made Windows 7 DVDs.
Tell a lot more. Share what other bootable DVDs you tested with and how you created your dvd.
Bob
I have 32bit windows xp installed. I want to install windows 7 64 bit. I have two partitions on disk ( one with xp and second ready for 7 ). But when I try to boot from cd/dvd ( windows 7 ) it still boots from hdd winxp. Is there any way to install it on the same disk ??
I have asus p5b motherboard and yes I'm sure I did partitioning and booting correct.

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