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| Thread ID: 68092 | 2006-04-17 02:01:00 | SATA drive and IDE drive with XP boot problems | stevesumner (4849) | Press F1 |
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| 446867 | 2009-02-16 01:47:00 | In reference to this subject .... I am having a similar problem . I recently had a power supply quit on my Dell Demension 4600 desktop and the only other power supply that I had didnt have a Sata power connector so I had to install a IDE hard drive as well . I installed windows xp from my CD installation disk and went to start windows . I get a Black screen with the following statement and it shows Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition twice . Please select the operating system to start : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice . For Troubleshooting and advanced start up options for Windows press F8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If I choose the 1st one , it loads windows xp and works fine If I choose the 2nd one , it goes to another black screen stating : "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem . Could not read from the selected boot disk . Check Boot Path and disk hardware ." I dont have a clue as to what is going on and I desperately need help to square this problem away . I have even went into Bios and tried changing boot sequence and other things . What is this IDE Drive UDM ( I believe thats what it said ) on or off selection do ? I changed this and it didnt make any difference . I am hoping I wont have to erase the hard drive and start from scratch again . I have spent the last 3 days updating my windows system and reloading all my other programs . Thanks |
killercustom (10227) | ||
| 446868 | 2009-02-16 02:01:00 | You just need to edit your boot.ini file, no biggie. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 446869 | 2009-02-16 02:05:00 | Go to msconfig, run>msconfig then select the "Boot" tab. Click check boot paths |
Blam (54) | ||
| 446870 | 2009-02-16 03:53:00 | Well that worked to delete the bad file but : After rebooting , it started up correctly but then a message came up telling me that the system configure utility was in "selective startup mode" and that I needed to change it to normal . But when I check normal it takes the sytem right back to the same problem that I had originally . |
killercustom (10227) | ||
| 446871 | 2009-02-16 04:06:00 | There should be a check box you can tick when that message pops up, like "Don't launch or show system configuration utility when windows starts" Tick that, make sure only the valid XP boot entry is there in msconfig, and you should be good to go:) |
Blam (54) | ||
| 446872 | 2009-02-16 04:14:00 | Thanks guys ! I had already checked that box you are talking about and no error message came back after another reboot : So you are saying leave the system in "Selective mode" instead of Normal ? |
killercustom (10227) | ||
| 446873 | 2009-02-16 04:44:00 | Yes. | Blam (54) | ||
| 446874 | 2009-02-16 09:38:00 | Okay and ty Blam6 Can I ask you why we are leaving it on selective mode instead of normal ? Will it ever go back to normal on its own ? What you had me do , seems to be more of a bypass than a repair ... I am confused . I am attempting to learn home computers and am depending on guys like you to help me learn .... and I do Thank you for taking the time . I worked for GM for 22 years as a diagnostic computer tech on automobiles so I have basic knowledge of the operating systems but home computers are a whole different world . |
killercustom (10227) | ||
| 446875 | 2009-02-16 12:59:00 | The thing that concerns me is that under properties of my local disk C\ drive , it shows only 32.8 GB's and the hard drive is a 80 GB drive . | killercustom (10227) | ||
| 446876 | 2009-02-16 14:16:00 | My bad . . . it is the 40 GB drive . The other IDE drive that I have has windows 98 on it and when I attempted to use it , it stated "not enough memory" . Dont know what that was all about , I have 2 Gbs of ram . But this other Hard drive is the one that is 80 GB , can I install it to the IDE harness , boot the computer with my XP disk in the CD drive and wont it allow me to delete the windows 98 partition and then install the XP program I have ? And also how do I tie the two drives together to give me extra storage ? I'd use the 80 GB as the primary and the 40 GB as my storage . | killercustom (10227) | ||
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