Re: New HD setup.....
- From: "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 05:25:13 -0400
"transient" <transient@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Old HD died. Installed new HD, on Master setting on cable(end), set
the
> jumper to cable select. Connected power cord.
Use the jumper selection for master. Use an 80 wire ide ribbon cable, new.
Reconnect any cables, being sure they are firmly seated.
> Apparently Bios recognized it, I went into bios and told it it recognized
it
You told it what?
If the HD is recognized automatically, don't go changing the autosettings to
manual.
> still, then went and changed boot seq to cdrom(actually changed all three
to
> that) then SAVED and EXITED .
> Installed the Windows XP Pro disk which is fine, in the CD rom drive which
> worked great.
> So now instead of letting me format and install XP or even run the WD
> install and format options, it just cycles through to verifing dmi
> pool....... blah blah.
If its hung at DMI, the configuration data is probably botched.
> Any ideas...
Use the reset configuration data in the bios settings.
> My Mobo is an Abit Max 3. BTW their forums are almost dead, dunno what to
do.
> Reset the CMOS settings? Would a Worm, Trojan or Virus do this? I use a
> router with a nat firewall. Thanks for any help.
Resetting the cmos is the last recourse. If the hard drive is bare, how can
there be any intruders?
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