Installing Xp home on new hdd, *help*

GodlyGreek · 01-November-05, 09:23 PM

ok, so i get a new hdd to replace my other one.

Its a S-ATA 80GB Maxtor, the computer detects it and everything but it tells me something like "choose boot device then re-boot, press any key"

umm...help? lol...

corruptjoker · 01-November-05, 09:28 PM

Windows setup does not even start?

GodlyGreek · 01-November-05, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by corruptjoker


	Windows setup does not even start?

nope...setup doesnt show up.

i went into my bios, checked everything out, the cd rom is being detected...but for some reason windows isnt starting up, instead its asking me to pick a boot device, then re-boot and sh*t..

MLiV · 01-November-05, 09:36 PM

Is the bios detecting the hard drive? Check your connections to the drive, power and sata cable.

GodlyGreek · 01-November-05, 09:40 PM

yea it is...

drougnor · 01-November-05, 11:12 PM

Don't forget to set the boot order up properly. Set the CD Rom first. . . also, I don't know how common this is, but I have run across a setting in some Bios that prevents the system from checking beyond the first link in the boot chain.

If that's the case, your system is looking for the boot sector on your new HDD, and since it's not finding it, it's not bothering to move on down the line.

If that's NOT the prob, I'm stumped.

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GodlyGreek Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 132	Installing Xp home on new hdd, help ok, so i get a new hdd to replace my other one. Its a S-ATA 80GB Maxtor, the computer detects it and everything but it tells me something like "choose boot device then re-boot, press any key" umm...help? lol... __________________

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01-November-05, 09:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
MLiV You want news, you got news! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,732	Is the bios detecting the hard drive? Check your connections to the drive, power and sata cable. __________________

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GodlyGreek Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 132	yea it is... __________________

01-November-05, 11:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
drougnor PCApex Review Editor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ayuh, I'm back in the great state of Maine! WooHoo!! Posts: 1,274	Don't forget to set the boot order up properly. Set the CD Rom first. . . also, I don't know how common this is, but I have run across a setting in some Bios that prevents the system from checking beyond the first link in the boot chain. If that's the case, your system is looking for the boot sector on your new HDD, and since it's not finding it, it's not bothering to move on down the line. If that's NOT the prob, I'm stumped. __________________

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