Re: SATA hard drive and WinXP install problem

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From: Nospam (Nospam_at_fu.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:46:34 GMT

Has the hard drive been reformatted? If not, reboot using the option of
last hardware settings that worked option and see if it boots.

If the hard drive has been reformatted then the CD-ROM drive or disk itself
may have a problem. http://www.bootdisk.com has a setup file to make a set
of six floppies to install XP.

Nospam

btw, Miss Perspicacia Tick is a moron for flaming a legitimate response. It
IS possible the bios settings may not be correct depending upon SATA
configuration. It may need to be set to PATA instead of SATA. Also is the
SATA drive connected to the mobo or is it connected to a seperate PCI SATA
controller board?

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <misstick@lancre.dw> wrote in message
news:VDFod.1474$sU5.506@fe48.usenetserver.com...
> Andrew E. wrote:
>> Open the BIOS,device boot priority (or similiar),chk which drive you
>> want to boot to,then save changes and exit BIOS.Are all pin jumpers
>> set properly on all drives (master,slave etc.).
>
> Andrew you win the Moron of the Month award every month. If it gets as far
> as "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration" - it *IS* booting
> from the CD drive you eejit! Read the damned question, don't /guess/!
>
>
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