Need help with 8rda+! Wont boot!

[kaZ8Teen]

when i turn on the PC, it detects the harddrive, dvdrom, and then it says floppy disc failed (40). So i took out the floppy and it says the same thing. the LED postcode says 7F. im not sure what that means...any help is appreciated.

 

[pspada]

try disabling the floppy in the bios to see what happens.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: pspada
try disabling the floppy in the bios to see what happens.

Or hit F1 every time you boot.

 

[SuperPickle]

Originally posted by: pspada
try disabling the floppy in the bios to see what happens.

Yup, that should do it.

 

[Megatomic]

If your floppy is dead and your bootup is being stopped at that point, go into the BIOS and turn off all the BIOS settings dealing with floppy detection (boot up floppy seek is one, there are maybe 2 others...). Also, you can turn off the setting that tells the system to stop POSTing when it detects an error. I'm at work so I don't have access to my mobo manual, but I think that is clear enough to get you started. Good luck.

 

[kaZ8Teen]

i got that problem fixed but now i hvae another one. it says "NTLDR missing" and it just says press ctr alt del to restart. cant get it to start

 

[SuperPickle]

Ouch. When ever I've had that message, I've reinstalled Windows. Consider this a bump in hopes that someone can help you more than I.

 

[pspada]

This can happen if the master boot record is corrupt. For example if you install the drive as master, and then change it to Slave. Don't get me wrong, many other things can cause it too. First check to make sure it is the master, perferably the only drive on the chain. Perhaps even use a new IDE cable. If that doesn't help, get a boot floppy, Win98 or ME, or even if you have the strange-o XP boot disks. At the a: prompt type

fdisk /mbr

Hope it helps. If it doesn't more details are required. What happened between point A when the computer worked fine, and point B, where it won't boot?

 

[kaZ8Teen]

uhh..there was no point A. i ordered mobo from newegg and tried to install and this is what happened. but thanks, ill try that

 

[pspada]

I forgot to mention that a brand new unsetup drive will have the same problem. Or if your command.com or other system files are unaccessable or corrupt. There's a way to restore the boot ability for WinXP, but it's a pain to relay to someone. If you need it let me know if you get farther and need it, then I'll find the link for it.

 

[kaZ8Teen]

ya, could you get that link for me

 

[pspada]

Can't find it. Just boot from the Windows XP disk and go to the recovery console. Then type FIXBOOT.