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StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:40 pm

Yes Yes didnt have an IDE cable hooked up OMG i forgot

still having some probs.. when it come on main menu it says the cd drive is the secondary slave.. is that right??

Ok I did what dopey said to do.. set it save put cd in power off and then power on.. Bios still comes up when power is back on??

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:46 pm

Originally posted by StEaLtH-X
when it come on main menu it says the cd drive is the secondary slave.. is that right??

depends on the hard drive configuration, but that should work fine

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:47 pm

Originally posted by StEaLtH-X

Ok I did what dopey said to do.. set it save put cd in power off and then power on.. Bios still comes up when power is back on??

the bios needs to come up, you mean it goes to where you configure it?

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:57 pm

No it comes to main page with temp and volt readings..

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:25 pm

The main thing I need to now is.. Well my freind said I needed to.. Its reconizing both the HDD and the CD-Drive the HDD is the Primary Master.. aND THE CD-Drive is the secondary slave... What does the CD-Drive need to be? my freind said it needed to be the secondary master.. I know you can do this in bios but I couldnt figure out how to set it from secondary slave to secondary master..Also for some reason it cant detect my floppy drive..

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:42 pm

That setup will work. Go into the bios and set the CD as the first boot device, HDD0 as the second boot device. Disable floppy seek in the bios. Put the WindowsXP CD in the CD drive and reboot the comp. Wait for it to say "Hit any key to boot from CD". (usually in the lower left of the monitor screen) If it gives no notice of booting from the CD, then you might not have a bootable WinXP CD.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 6:43 pm

you need to change the jumper on the CD-Rom if you want to change it to Master

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:20 pm

if it's a backup copy of WinXP then you may have the same prob I have with MY back up..
it DOES NOT BOOT

I have to install Win98Se first.. THEN upgrade...ugh
I say just borrow the unopened full version from the older guy who doesn't mess with computers

that'd be the easiest and safest thing to do

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:55 pm

Ok I tryed the win xp disc in my comp i'm using now and it auto ran and set install.. now when I put it in my custom comp it goes dirrectly from the main screen to loading the cd.. I disabled floppy seek.. Now it says Cd Boot: then says Boot Disc failure insert system disc...

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:25 am

I got the CD-Drive to be reconized as the secondary master, which is what I wanted to start with.. But still I get the Disc boot failure insert system disc and press enter... Do you think its a problem with the win xp disc? cuz i'm gonna get another (real one) soon.....

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:37 pm

What do you think the problem is now?? Do you think a good copy of xp will solve this? cuz it loads and says Boot Cd: then says Disc boot failure inster system disc and press enter..

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:43 pm

Swapping the CD-Rom you're using in the comp you're on now into your rig and seeing if it works that way. Because if it works in that CD-Rom it should work in any of them.. eGo

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:55 pm

I took the cd and tryed it in this comp.. It started up and had the menu to install windows..

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:59 pm

Take the actual CD-ROM Drive out of the computer you are on now and put it in your NEW computer and try installing windows that way..

StEaLtH-X · Post by **StEaLtH-X** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 3:00 pm

I also thought of that.. I'll try will take a little time but its worth a try..The comp is detecting the floppy now I realized I didnt have if plugged all the way in

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