Re: BIOS doesn't find boot record

From: joust in jest (jest_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:41:36 -0800

Did you set your BIOS to boot from SCSI disk? 

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"Luc Lecocq" <luc.lecocq@nospam_free.fr> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I just made a fresh install of XP Pro SP1 on a new PC with a SCSI disk as
> boot drive.
> Everything went fine, until I removed the XP install CD from the CD drive.
> Since that time, I got  at boot time:
> "Searching for Boot Record from SCSI..Not Found"
>
> If I put back the Install CD in the CD drive, it boots fine, on the disk,
> and works perfectly !!
> But without CD, no way.
>
> I tried to do a "fixmbr c:", an fdisk /MBR, no luck.
> But the boot record is on the disk, I can see it with Partition Magic, see
> below.
> The SCSI controller is an old Diamond Fireport, that I used in another PC,
> never had a problem to boot before.
> The PC is an HP VL420 with latest BIOS, I went through all BIOS screen but
> did not see anything I could change.
>
> One thing I tried, that worked temporarily, was to reinstall XP over the
1st
> install.
> But after 2 or 3 reboot, the same problem went back.
> I tried reinstalling a 3rd time, but it did not work.
>
> Thanks for helping
>
>
============================================================================
> PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
> Date Generated:  11/07/04  15:00:22
> Copyright (c)1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
> Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
> as it is not modified in any way.  All other rights are reserved.
>
> PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
DriveCopy(tm),
> can be reached at:
>     Voice:  801-437-8900
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>     E-mail:  magic@powerquest.com
>
> General System Information:
>     Total Physical Memory (bytes):  267,894,784
>     Used Physical Memory: (bytes):  161,738,752
>     Maximum Page File Size: (bytes):  648,396,800
>     Current Page File Size: (bytes):  122,138,624
>
>
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1:    1106 Cylinders,  255 Heads,  63
> Sectors/Track
> System              PartSect  # Boot BCyl Head Sect  FS    ECyl Head Sect
> StartSect     NumSects
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
>                            0  0  80     0    1    1  07     521  254   63
> 63    8,385,867
>                            0  1  00   522    0    1  05     527  254   63
> 8,385,930       96,390
> PM8                8,385,930  0  00   522    1    1  0B     527  254   63
> 8,385,993       96,327
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2:    261375 Cylinders,  4 Heads,  17
> Sectors/Track
> System              PartSect  # Boot BCyl Head Sect  FS    ECyl Head Sect
> StartSect     NumSects
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
>                            0  0  00     0    1    1  07    1023    3   17
> 17   17,771,443
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
>   Actual values are:
>         0  0  00      0    1    1  07  261344    3   17        17
17771443
>
>
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Partition Information for Disk 1:    8,675.7 Megabytes
> Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect
> TotalSects
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> C:             NTFS        Pri,Boot  4,094.7           0  0          63
> 8,385,867
>                Extended    Pri          47.1           0  1   8,385,930
> 96,390
>                EPBR        Log          47.1        None --   8,385,930
> 96,390
> G:PM8          FAT32       Log          47.0   8,385,930  0   8,385,993
> 96,327
>                Unallocated Pri       4,534.0        None --   8,482,320
> 9,285,570
>
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Partition Information for Disk 2:    8,678.5 Megabytes
> Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect
> TotalSects
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> E:             NTFS        Pri       8,677.5           0  0          17
> 17,771,443
>                Unallocated Pri           1.0        None --  17,771,460
> 2,040
>
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Boot Record for drive C:   (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
>  1. Jump:                   EB 52 90
>  2. OEM Name:               NTFS
>  3. Bytes per Sector:       512
>  4. Sectors per Cluster:    8
>  5. Reserved Sectors:       0
>  6. Number of FATs:         0
>  7. Root Dir Entries:       0
>  8. Total Sectors:          0
>  9. Media Descriptor:       0xF8
> 10. Sectors per FAT:        0
> 11. Sectors per Track:      63  (0x3F)
> 12. Number of Heads:        255  (0xFF)
> 13. Hidden Sectors:         63  (0x3F)
> 14. Total Sectors (>32MB):  0  (0x0)
> 15. Unused:                 0x80008000
> 16. Total NTFS Sectors:     8385866
> 17. MFT Start Cluster:      786432
> 18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 524149
> 19. Clusters per FRS:       246
> 20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
> 21. Serial Number:          0x70B85CA2B85C689C
> 22. Checksum:               0  (0x0)
> 23. Boot Signature:         0xAA55
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Boot Record for drive G:   (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 8,385,993, Type:
> FAT32)
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
>  1. Jump:                   EB 58 90
>  2. OEM Name:               MSWIN4.1
>  3. Bytes per Sector:       512
>  4. Sectors per Cluster:    1
>  5. Reserved Sectors:       36
>  6. Number of FAT's:        2
>  7. Reserved:               0x0000
>  8. Reserved:               0x0000
>  9. Media Descriptor:       0xF8
> 10. Sectors per FAT:        0
> 11. Sectors per Track:      63  (0x3F)
> 12. Number of Heads:        255  (0xFF)
> 13. Hidden Sectors:         63  (0x3F)
> 14. Big Total Sectors:      96327  (0x17847)
> 15. Big Sectors per FAT:    742
> 16. Extended Flags:         0x0000
> 17. FS Version:             0
> 18. First Cluster of Root:  2  (0x2)
> 19. FS Info Sector:         1
> 20. Backup Boot Sector:     6
> 21. Reserved:               000000000000000000000000
> 22. Drive ID:               0x80
> 23. Reserved for NT:        0x00
> 24. Extended Boot Sig:      0x29
> 25. Serial Number:          0x418E1EED
> 26. Volume Name:            PM8
> 27. File System Type:       FAT32
> 28. Boot Signature:         0xAA55
>
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
> Boot Record for drive E:   (Drive: 2, Starting sector: 17, Type: NTFS)
>
============================================================================
> ===============================
>  1. Jump:                   EB 52 90
>  2. OEM Name:               NTFS
>  3. Bytes per Sector:       512
>  4. Sectors per Cluster:    8
>  5. Reserved Sectors:       0
>  6. Number of FATs:         0
>  7. Root Dir Entries:       0
>  8. Total Sectors:          0
>  9. Media Descriptor:       0xF8
> 10. Sectors per FAT:        0
> 11. Sectors per Track:      17  (0x11)
> 12. Number of Heads:        4  (0x4)
> 13. Hidden Sectors:         17  (0x11)
> 14. Total Sectors (>32MB):  0  (0x0)
> 15. Unused:                 0x80008000
> 16. Total NTFS Sectors:     17771442
> 17. MFT Start Cluster:      786432
> 18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 1110715
> 19. Clusters per FRS:       246
> 20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
> 21. Serial Number:          0xC8689B83689B6F46
> 22. Checksum:               0  (0x0)
> 23. Boot Signature:         0xAA55
>
>

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