So, I have 2 PCs... I got a new 200GB hard drive for the first one, which replaced the 80gig one that was in it. Now, I took the 80gig and put it to use in the second PC, replacing the aging 15gb hard drive it had.
I installed the HDD, booted from the XP cd, reformatted the 20gig partition I had been using for Windows on the 1st PC, and reinstalled windows on that partition. Rebooted, and got to the point where you enter your license key, setup time and date, etc. Worked fine. Rebooted again, this time to enter windows for the first time, and I got an error... DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
Rebooted a couple times, checked the BIOS and everything looked OK (hard drive recognized as primary master, BIOS set to boot from IDE 0). Eventually it worked, I don't think I changed anything to fix it though.
So, Windows finally loads, and I start installing drivers, etc. that of course require rebooting. I installed SP2 and the motherboard drivers (sound card, USB2)
It rebooted once OK.
Next time, I get the DISK BOOT FAILURE error again.
What bothers me is this drive had been working as a system drive in my 1st PC for some time without error. Also, the old 15gig in the 2nd PC didn't give me problems either.
Suggestions?
The PC in question is a biostar ideq 210v sff, one hard drive, no floppy. 512mb ram, xp pro.
I installed the HDD, booted from the XP cd, reformatted the 20gig partition I had been using for Windows on the 1st PC, and reinstalled windows on that partition. Rebooted, and got to the point where you enter your license key, setup time and date, etc. Worked fine. Rebooted again, this time to enter windows for the first time, and I got an error... DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
Rebooted a couple times, checked the BIOS and everything looked OK (hard drive recognized as primary master, BIOS set to boot from IDE 0). Eventually it worked, I don't think I changed anything to fix it though.
So, Windows finally loads, and I start installing drivers, etc. that of course require rebooting. I installed SP2 and the motherboard drivers (sound card, USB2)
It rebooted once OK.
Next time, I get the DISK BOOT FAILURE error again.
What bothers me is this drive had been working as a system drive in my 1st PC for some time without error. Also, the old 15gig in the 2nd PC didn't give me problems either.
Suggestions?
The PC in question is a biostar ideq 210v sff, one hard drive, no floppy. 512mb ram, xp pro.
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