What is command to run program in Cd/rom drive in MS DOS?

[sunrise5656]

I have set the system bios to open from cd/rom drive but it is not doing this automatically. Can anyone tell me what the prompt is?
Thanks,
Dawn

[Jacob]

Edit-
Sorry missunderstood what you were trying to do.

[BC_Programmer]

I have set the system bios to open from cd/rom drive but it is not doing this automatically. Can anyone tell me what the prompt is?
Thanks,
Dawn

Are you trying to Start the computer using a Bootable CD?

Some CDs (such as the XP disc) present a prompt saying "Press Any key to boot to CD" that lasts a few seconds.

Are you sure the disc is bootable?

[sunrise5656]

Yes, I created a disk to erase my hard drive and I want to open it in ms/dos to execute the program. Problem is, I am not getting a prompt to do this in ms/dos. I can open the disk when I go through the regular start-up though.

[Dias de verano]

Have you made a bootable CD-ROM? Are you quite sure it is your hard drive you plan to erase? Why do you need a disk to do this?

[sunrise5656]

Yes. I downloaded a free software program called HDDErase and made a bootable disk. I need to erase the hard drive because the computer is being returned to the manufacturer and contains business information. Dell sent us a new computer and we need to return the old but do not want anyone to retrieve the data on the computer.

[Dias de verano]

Did you set the boot order in BIOS so that CD-ROM is first?

[sunrise5656]

I did.

[Dias de verano]

Was the disk image supplied as an ISO, and did you burn it correctly?

[sunrise5656]

I think I burned it correctly however I don't know if the disk image was supplied as an ISO. How can I check this?

[Dias de verano]

Sorry, I noticed that you used HDDerase. Please ignore previous question. I just did a Google search on "HDDErase bootable CD" and found that many people cannot get the disk to work. Perhaps you should try another disk erase utility.

[sunrise5656]

I beat you to it! Done.
Thanks for the help!