Re: Booting error

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I opened up my Dell tower.
Tested and confirmed that jumper sets for C and D driver were correct.
There was only one IDE cable which DVD driver was the master.

Again, when I start the computer by hitting power button, WinXP screen opens
up smoothly.
As described before, the problem starts when "re-booting" or new software
was installed (and rebooted).
But if I hit F1, it opens up windows XP screen. The question is what
causes the booting error which requires hitting F1.
Thanks again. Craig.






"Thota Umesh" <thotaumesh@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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this might be a jumper releated issue! if u are connecting 2 devices on a
single ide make sure one has a jumper else they wont work!

Hope this helps...,
Umesh Thota
www.windowsworkshop.com

"Craig" <machocraig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My computer is run on WinXP Pro SP2 and it has two separate C- and
D-harddrive.
I am getting booting error soon after replacing the old DVD burner with a
new Pioneer DVD burner,
The error occur ONLY when I restart my computer under Start
Shutdown>Restart.
The error message is:

Secondary hard disk drive ) not found
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run
the set up utility.

On the other hand, when I start computer from power button on tower, no
error was shown.
I am wondering how to fix his inconvenient problem. TIA.

Craig









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