so the HDD is set as the 1st boot device and it wonr boot from the CD?

you'll need to format the HDD manually (bootable) when before the computer gets turned off copy the files from the CD to the HDD

be warned, so one thing in the wrong order and your PC wont boot

do you have access to another PC? get yourself an adapter so you can plug laptop HDDs into a PC (about 5quid on ebay) and do it from the main PC, itll be much easier