Guest Flauros Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Last night, I installed a second hard drive on my system, (making sure to set it as a slave drive). I then used the included software for that hard drive to format/partition it, and rebooted to start Windows. I noticed that during the POST it lingers for a while on certain parts that it didn't used to, and then after a while it will tell me something similar to "BOOT ERROR, INSERT SYSTEM DISK IN CD-ROM DRIVE AND PRESS ENTER". My computer came with Windows XP (Home) pre-installed when I bought it two years ago, and the manufacturer did not include a Windows CD, so I borrowed one from a friend. After inserting the CD, it briefly gives me the option to "Press any key to boot from CD", and if I don't press anything, after a few seconds it will boot into Windows. So, the solution I need here is to get my PC to boot from the hard drive again, so I can give my friend back his copy of Windows. Should I use his CD to repair my Windows installation, or is there something else I can do to fix this? (The last time I repaired a Windows XP installation, it would not accept the product key and I had to call support and have them give me a replacement key.) Thanks in advance for your help!
Guest peter Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: Problems booting after installing new hard drive it sounds like its trying to boot from the new HD .......so here are a few things to look at Is it on the same IDE channel/cable as the old but connected to the middle connector on the cable?? Enter your BIOS and check to make sure that your old HD is listed in the boot order before the new HD peter "Flauros" <Flauros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:139CC502-9366-4176-8AD5-2280A31D997F@microsoft.com... > Last night, I installed a second hard drive on my system, (making sure to > set > it as a slave drive). I then used the included software for that hard > drive > to format/partition it, and rebooted to start Windows. I noticed that > during > the POST it lingers for a while on certain parts that it didn't used to, > and > then after a while it will tell me something similar to "BOOT ERROR, > INSERT > SYSTEM DISK IN CD-ROM DRIVE AND PRESS ENTER". My computer came with > Windows > XP (Home) pre-installed when I bought it two years ago, and the > manufacturer > did not include a Windows CD, so I borrowed one from a friend. After > inserting the CD, it briefly gives me the option to "Press any key to > boot > from CD", and if I don't press anything, after a few seconds it will boot > into Windows. > > So, the solution I need here is to get my PC to boot from the hard drive > again, so I can give my friend back his copy of Windows. Should I use his > CD > to repair my Windows installation, or is there something else I can do to > fix > this? (The last time I repaired a Windows XP installation, it would not > accept the product key and I had to call support and have them give me a > replacement key.) > > Thanks in advance for your help!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: Problems booting after installing new hard drive "Flauros" <Flauros@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:139CC502-9366-4176-8AD5-2280A31D997F@microsoft.com... > Last night, I installed a second hard drive on my system, (making sure to > set > it as a slave drive). I then used the included software for that hard > drive > to format/partition it, and rebooted to start Windows. I noticed that > during > the POST it lingers for a while on certain parts that it didn't used to, > and > then after a while it will tell me something similar to "BOOT ERROR, > INSERT > SYSTEM DISK IN CD-ROM DRIVE AND PRESS ENTER". My computer came with > Windows > XP (Home) pre-installed when I bought it two years ago, and the > manufacturer > did not include a Windows CD, so I borrowed one from a friend. After > inserting the CD, it briefly gives me the option to "Press any key to > boot > from CD", and if I don't press anything, after a few seconds it will boot > into Windows. > > So, the solution I need here is to get my PC to boot from the hard drive > again, so I can give my friend back his copy of Windows. Should I use his > CD > to repair my Windows installation, or is there something else I can do to > fix > this? (The last time I repaired a Windows XP installation, it would not > accept the product key and I had to call support and have them give me a > replacement key.) > > Thanks in advance for your help! You made a serious mistake when you allowed some third-party software to partition/format your new disk. Windows is capable of doing this by itself and it has a number of inbuilt safeguards to protect it from self-destruction. I sincerely hope that the third-party software did not format your main disk. You can find out like so: - Format a floppy disk on some other WinXP/2000 PC. Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work. - Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your friend's WinXP CD to A:\ ntldr ntdetect.com - Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="3 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="4 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="5 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINDOWS="6 Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn The last six lines are long lines and may wrap-around in your news reader. Each starts with the word "multi". You must unwrap them! Boot the machine with this floppy diskette and test if one of the six options works.
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