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javlar

Posts: 1921
Location: Kalmar, Sweden

Posted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 21:09 Post subject: DISK BOOT FAILURE	Quick Quote Quote

Yeah that awesome sentence Need some help here, i decided to format my old computer so that my friends could use it when they are here and so that i can use it to play videos etc. Bear in mind that this computer, despite alot of slowdowns from crappy maintenance, worked without any problems. I start the windows xp installation and the installation works fine as it formats c:\, copies the files for the installation and then reboots. This is where the problems start. I get the adorable DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER. Now from my point of view this should be a MBR error, which led me to just try another harddrive, no success with that either. So i've tried it on a 120GB IDE-drive, a 40GB IDE-drive and a 160GB SATA-drive. All with the same results. I am kind of at a loss here. So any advice would be greatly appreciated. Gaming - Intel Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHZ \| Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB \| SB X-Fi \| PC6400 8GB \| 300GB Velociraptor HTPC - Antec Fusion Remote \| AMD Athlon 7850 X2 \| PC6400 2GB \| 74GB Raptor Server - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ \| Radeon HD 3450 \| SB X-Fi \| PC5300 2GB \| 4TB+ total space XBOX360 Gamertag: javlarmate

knives217

Posts: 648

Posted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 21:34 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Check to see if harddrive booting is even enabled. [21:38] <chiz***> how do you "had" aids [21:38] <Voyevoda> when you get it down to 1 aid ------------------------- <JonTG> Man, my penis is so big if I laid it out on a keyboard it'd go all the way from A to Z <JonTG> wait, shit

kosmiq

Posts: 2304
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 21:37 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Make sure that the correct bootorder is set in BIOS and the correct device is set. Moreover make sure you don't need any special SATA drivers in that. Whenever you change HDD's the bootorder and boot device in BIOS will be reset.

Hfric

Posts: 12017

Posted: Sun, 26th Nov 2006 21:37 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

and check in Bios if you have selected the right HDD in the Boot menu lol posted in the same moment

Kusaywa

Posts: 40

Posted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 01:45 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Is your HD recognized in the Bios? If not, unplug the ribbon cables from your MB and HD and plug back in. Also try the power cables.

javlar

Posts: 1921
Location: Kalmar, Sweden

Posted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 02:55 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well yeah. The hdd's are visible in the bios and in the startup. And as i said ive tried with both ide-drives and sata-drives. No difference. I can also see the hdd's if i go into normal dos. All the files are there as they should. And yes, the bootorder is correct. Gaming - Intel Quad Q9450 @ 3.2GHZ \| Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB \| SB X-Fi \| PC6400 8GB \| 300GB Velociraptor HTPC - Antec Fusion Remote \| AMD Athlon 7850 X2 \| PC6400 2GB \| 74GB Raptor Server - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ \| Radeon HD 3450 \| SB X-Fi \| PC5300 2GB \| 4TB+ total space XBOX360 Gamertag: javlarmate

kosmiq

Posts: 2304
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 05:37 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well if you are 100% sure that the correct device is selected for booting something is f-ed up Behold his GLORY! Bow for the technical master!

dangerouseddy

Posts: 2371
Location: Sheffield, England

Posted: Mon, 27th Nov 2006 06:26 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

theres a bug that means if it was not formatted with the default block size then windows will fail once it restarts whilst installing. The night is dark and the road is long. Come on dead men, return to your homes.

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