Re: "Disk Error. Press Any Key to Restart." xP iNsTaLl

"bible_mann_2k" wrote:
> Problem:
> "Disk Error
> Press Any Key to Restart"
>
> Here's the story...
>
> I had a hard time entering into Windows with my first hard
> drive, and I've had problems with this hard drive before, so
> thankfully before this hard drive crashed, I bought a second
> hard drive to store all my valuable information on. Since I
> had problems logging onto Windows with my first hard drive, I
> wanted to install Windows onto my second hard drive. My second
> hard drive has my files on it, but I didn't install Windows on
> it.
>
> I decided to install Windows on my second hard drive.
> Everything was going fine when I booted from c.d. I saw the
> blue screen and was able to go through some of the simple
> setup steps. I chose the option leave the current file system
> intact, and I changed the name of the folder in which setup
> would be used to install the files. There was already a
> "WINDOWS" file so I named a new file "WINDOWSS" so that my
> documents wouldn't be deleted. Setup then copied my files, and
> told me that it would restart my computer within 15 seconds,
> and then it would continue the supposedly simple setup.
> However, when my computer restarted, I saw the command "press
> any key to boot from cd..." When the third or forth dot
> appeared on the screen, I got the response "disk error. Press
> any key to restart." When I went through the long setup
> process again, I pressed a key to boot from the c.d., and then
> setup loaded, and I went through the long phase of copying the
> files again and everything that I mentioned thus far. Setup
> isn't going into its second phase after the restart. It keeps
> on wanting me to start from the beginning. Why is that?
>
> That's the million dollar question.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Franklin

because your computer is still trying to boot from first hard drive,
you need to tell your BIOS to boot from the second hard drive.
.

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