Trying to Format Hard Drive and Install XP

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mizzmodular
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I'm trying to fix my friend's computer that has been infected with worms (my doom). All I was going to do was change the boot setup in Bios so that the computer runs off the installation CD, but it's not working, W2K starts up as usual. Her DVD/CD Rom drive isn't working properly so I couldn't have the comp boot from that drive, so I tried having it boot from the CDRW drive but I dont know what its called on the bios list.

I dont know what to do...I dont think that installing XP on top of 2k helps anything, since the computer should be wiped clean. Please help!
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The BIOS usually boots from the first CD drive it detects - so you need to disconnect the not working DVD drive.
Patched and tested BIOSes are at http://wims.rainbow-software.org
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