Re: Boot Disk Failure Needs CD to Boot Windows

Use the Disk Management tool and verify that the C: partition is marked as Active.

John

mfink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Ok, I have looked at a lot of posts and have seen a similar problem,
but no fixes helped me yet. I installed a brand new hard drive and
installed Windows XP Pro. My BIOS boot settings are as follows:

Floppy
CD-ROM
HDDO

When I start the computer, it seems to take a lot of time recognizing
IDE devices and then pauses once it has recognized Primary Master,
Slave... etc... then it tries to boot and I get thsi message:

Verifying DMI Pool Data..
BOOT FROM ATAPI CD-ROM:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.

As long as the XP CD is in the drive Windows will boot fine. I do not
press enter, therefore I am not really booting from the CD. If I Boot
from CD then the WIndows installer starts. If I don't have the CD I
cannot boot.

Okay, what I've tried so far.

I've changed by boot sequences to all configurations, doesn't seem to
matter.

I ran Systam Console and did the following:

CopyD:\i386\NTLDR C:
CopyD:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:

Files copied Fine... (This seemed to work for another post with the
same problem)
Did not work for me.....

Any more suggestions????


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