New Build Boot Issues

[kleinwl]

EPox 9NPA+ Ultra (latest 8/3/05 BIOS)
Venice E3 3000+
2x1GB OZC Value Ram
X800 PRO GPU
Hitachi SATA2 250GB HD (unformated)
Hitachi IDE 80GB HD (OS)
BENQ DW1640 Burner
Win XP Home

Did a repair install on the 80GB HD to boot into system. Installed Nforce 6.53 drivers... updated WinXP. Removed Drivers for Floppy (no longer existing). Changed Bios to eliminate boot to floppy. Boot order is CD then HD.... HOWEVER. Everytime boot starts... gets an error on floppy (40 row vs. 80 row not detected) F1 past that. Detects and trys to boot to CD... if WIN XP CD is in... gives me the option to boot from that... if I wait, it will boot from the HD ok. However, if the XP CD is not in, then it freezes at Detect CD Boot.... and never goes on to the HD.

What is going on?

Thanks!

 

[funboy6942]

You have to go into bios and remove floppy from there as well. Because you removed the driver somehow for the floppy (all you really need to do is deselect it in bios) it messed with the boot order in windows. I used to get this when I had 2 operating softwar going on different hdds. remove a hdd then would always have to put the cd in or I get a error (cant remember it).

I would have to then reload my windows again. There is something in windows you can change so you dont have to relad it again but I dont know how.

So your best bet is kill floppy from bios, redo your hdd again (shouldnt be that big a deal since you just did it and nothing is installed really) DO NOT remove the driver for the floppy this time and your set.

Only other thing I could suggest is put the floppy back in and let windows find the driver for it (it was at the time of the new install a bootable drive and that is what windows made it as till you removed it) and then go into bios and take it out from there. If that doesnt work then do what I mentioned before and it will take care of it.

Unless someone else knows what im talking about. In systems files there is something written in note pad about the windows bootable drives and start up. There is something you change and save to fix his problem but I dont remember how to do it.

 

[mechBgon]

This sounds to me like the EPoX's BIOS needing its Hard Disk Boot Priority setting looked at (see page 4-3 of your manual). If that doesn't address the problem, next look at the stuff on pages 4-7 and 4-8 and following, and make sure all RAID capabilities are turned off.

Also, you mention 40-wire/80-wire error indications. That would be the IDE cable, not the floppy cable (which is 34-wire). Use an 80-wire cable (second pic) for your IDE drive and make sure the correct end is plugged into the motherboard (usually that plug's colored red or blue).

 

[kleinwl]

Thanks Guys, I'll look into these suggestions tonight.

One other question: I keep getting the select os page, even though both selections are Win XP. I think that at one time my XP repair "added" a second copy of XP. Is there anyway to get rid of this without reformatting?

 

[Underclocked]

Just edit boot.ini and remove one of the OS references.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP xxxx" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

Yours should look something like the above.