Weavertron_2k

I don't think the install procedure gets that far - I turn the machine on, it gives the option to enter setup, then tries to boot from CD and fails, saying: 'Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.'

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I've tried setting the DVD drive as first, second and third in various combinations. I've tried formatting the drive in disk management, allocating a drive letter, not allocating a drive letter, setting as active and not active.

Hi, I have just bought a new hybrid drive and tried a clean install of windows XP pro but it keeps coming up 'Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.' I've tried connecting it alongside the old SATA drive I was using before and it seems to work fine - I can view it in 'my computer', format it, assign a drive letter etc, it all works just as it did before but with an extra drive, I just can't load the OS onto the hybrid drive on it's own. I've tried: changing the boot sequence in the BIOS, which recognises the new drive, adding a jumper to the DVD drive to make it master IDE a different CD drive, taking the CMOS battery out, plugging the drive into a different SATA port, using a different OS disk (a copy of the XP disk and an old windows 2000). The OS disk starts up when I insert it with windows loaded using the old HDD but obviously it won't install because I have SP3 installed which is a newer version. So now I'm out of ideas; can anyone suggest anything else?