Re: No OS found

Ryan,

Are you indicating that this is what your BIOS looks like:

Hardware config is:

Primary master: 12 gig HD
Secondary is CD ROM
3 1/2 floppy last

If this is the case, you must have CD ROM as the first device for the system
to boot from the CD. Highlight the first boot device and then change the
option to CDROM using the page up/page down keys or you may get a drop down
menu and then use the arrow keys. Make sure you save the changes before you
exit BIOS.

Wayne

"Ryan" <microsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eNszfaQ3FHA.2816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It seems like the BIOS does not recognize the CDROM when booting up. The
> ribbon and cables are fine.
>
> Hardware config is:
>
> Primary master: 12 gig HD
> Secondary is CD ROM
> 3 1/2 floppy last
>
> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7CE15A6E-E2F2-4375-A9EA-2CF9F9AC4177@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Does BIOS recognize your CDROM when booting up?
>> Check and reseat power and ribbon cable.
>> Do you have more than one CD/DVDROM installed?
>> If so, can you swap CD drives?
>> What is your hardware configuration?
>> Pri master, Pri slave, Sec master, Sec slave
>> Doesn't make sense that can't boot to CD!
>>
>> --
>> Dennis S.
>> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>>
>>
>> "Ryan" wrote:
>>
>>> BIOS did not prompt to boot from CD. Yes, CDROM is first boot device
>>> from
>>> BIOS.
>>>
>>> "Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:A2049D5F-4F58-408D-83CF-352EFA674665@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > Did your BIOS prompt you to press any key or something to boot from
>>> > CD?
>>> > IS CDROM first boot device in BIOS?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dennis S.
>>> > I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Ryan" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> That is the error message when I boot up my HP. I was having
>>> >> problems.
>>> >> Any
>>> >> key I hit repeats the same error message.
>>> >>
>>> >> Previously before this, I was encountering some partitions issues. So
>>> >> I
>>> >> mounted the HD as a slave drive to my other PC and deleted it under
>>> >> Disk
>>> >> Management.
>>> >>
>>> >> I mounted the drive back and the error message is what I get. The HD
>>> >> is
>>> >> still recognized in the BIOS, but I am unable to boot the CD and
>>> >> install
>>> >> XP.
>>> >>
>>> >> Any ideas on what I should do?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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