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| Thread ID: 70739 | 2006-07-14 08:03:00 | Winxp pro boot from cd problem | Mateo (10721) | Press F1 |
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| 470751 | 2006-07-15 03:48:00 | Yeah the floppy thing was a joke, sorry. Memtest didnt work, no matter how many times i downloaded it there was nothing in the rar file. CDcheck returned no errors: Info - date: 7/15/2006 - process: Check - source: D:\ - source volume label: 050701_1023 Basic statistics - time elapsed: 00:04:11 - overall transfer [kB/s]: 2,428 - folders processed: 190 - files processed: 7135 - source bytes read: 595 MB (624,719,374 bytes) - source average transfer [kB/s]: 4,156 (28X) - source clean transfer [kB/s]: 3,931 (26X) Errors - errors: 0 - warnings: 0 - other: 1 |
Mateo (10721) | ||
| 470752 | 2006-07-15 04:34:00 | Ok when I disable all boot options but cdrom i get "Disk Boot failure insert system disk and press enter" So its either not seeing the cd as a boot disk or its not seeing the cd in the dvd drive. When i stick in the CD and press enter it just says the same thing. I also have 2 dvd drives and i removed one because i thought it might be causing the problem but it wasn't. | Mateo (10721) | ||
| 470753 | 2006-07-16 11:10:00 | I just noticed an error message: "Secondary ide channel no 80 conductor cable installed" Since my dvdroms are on the secondary ide channel this is probably my problem and for some reason S.M.A.R.T capability is disabled. I'll try some things like a new 80pin cable. |
Mateo (10721) | ||
| 470754 | 2006-07-16 16:30:00 | ah ......so you have more than one optical drive ?........have you tried the cd in both ?......it'll only boot from the master drive..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 470755 | 2006-07-16 21:30:00 | I just noticed an error message: "Secondary ide channel no 80 conductor cable installed" Since my dvdroms are on the secondary ide channel this is probably my problem and for some reason S.M.A.R.T capability is disabled. I'll try some things like a new 80pin cable. Try unplugging one of the drives so that you have one DVD drive on the secondary cable as a master by itself. You can plug it back in again later. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 470756 | 2006-07-20 04:49:00 | I tried unplugging the slave and it still wouldn't work, any other ideas? | Mateo (10721) | ||
| 470757 | 2006-07-20 06:49:00 | To rule out the secondary channel being the problem, try putting your DVD drive onto the primary slave connection. I take it from your previous comments your computer does not have a floppy device? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 470758 | 2006-07-20 07:03:00 | Its the cd, I finaly found my win 98 cd and it auto detected the cd and brought up the install menu. So I will have to find a new xp pro disc... but in windows it runs fine? so i don't know what the cause of this is. Thanks for all your help. |
Mateo (10721) | ||
| 470759 | 2006-07-20 07:09:00 | So I will have to find a new xp pro disc... but in windows it runs fine? so i don't know what the cause of this is.Contact Microsoft (NZ Branch) and explain your situation. They should be able to supply you with a new install CD. | Jen (38) | ||
| 470760 | 2006-07-21 04:29:00 | This may sound silly but I have done this In the same situation. If you are going to reformat any way, reinstall your 98, then upgrade to XP. |
rocky138 (10636) | ||
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