Re: setup could not read cd you inserted
From: Ben (Ben_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:31:05 -0700
Well i took a small gamble and unplugged the IDE HDD during setup and now
THE PROBLEM IS FIXED :D, thank you SOOOO much man, your a legend. wish i
cuold repay you ;)
"peter" wrote:
> Glad to see the rest worked.
> Did you set up a dual boot? with the IDE drive having XP on it and then
> installed onto the SATA because then all the MBR info is on the IDE drive and
> the system will not boot without it.......Repair installation will fix this
> I run a SATA drive as well as an IDE drive...but I disconnected the IDE when I
> installed XP.
> The Boot order in the bios should show the SATA as first boot device in my case
> scsi (depends on the MOBO)
> and if that doesn't do it try unplugging the IDE and run a "repair"
> installation
> XP REPAIR
> .............................................................................
>
> Boot from the CD or you can insert the CD while at the windows desktop but
> when the setup screen appears, exit setup and reboot. If your system is set
> to be able to boot from the CD, it should detect the disk and give a brief
> message, during the boot up, if you wish to boot from the CD press any key.
>
> Once you have pressed a key, setup should begin. You will see a reference
> asking if you need to load special drivers and another notice that if you
> wish to begin the ASR (Automatic Recovery Console) depress F2. Just let
> setup run past all of that. It will continue to load files and drivers.
>
> Then it will bring you to a screen. Eventually, you will come to a screen
> with the option to (1) setup Windows or (2) Repair Windows Installation
> using the Recovery console.
>
> The first option, to setup Windows is the one you want and requires you to
> press enter. When asked, press F8 to accept the end user agreement. Setup
> will then search for previous versions of Windows. Upon finding your
> version, it will ask if you wish to Repair your current installation or
> install fresh. Press R, that will run a repair installation. From there
> on, follow the screens.
>
> good luck peter
>
> "Ben" <Ben@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7AA347D6-B505-4544-84B9-BD61F0DBE656@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Ok thanks pete, now the install problem is solved. I now only have 1 major
> > problem, i currently have two HDD's in there each with windows XPpro on them,
> > i have selected the SATA drive to be the bootable one in the bios and when
> > the IDE drive is still connected it all works fine, however when i unplug and
> > remover the IDE drive, the system fails to boot. It posts and finishes
> > loading USB devices and then freezes, or dosnt continue anyway. I think this
> > might have something to do with the Primary master being set to the IDE
> > drive. Do know how to change that? or if thatis in fact the problem.
>
>
>
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