XP Question

Beetle Bailey · October 9th, 2007

In all the times I've had to reload XP, I've never had to use the disk to boot after the install was complete. I always went back into the BIOS and switched it to boot from hd and no problems. But this time it dosen't matter what I do, every time I restart, it asks for "The Boot Disk"? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. It even has my tech buddy at the comp store confused.

Thanks, Bailey.

Yellowhello · October 9th, 2007

Are you sure you installed XP correctly? It might be a partial or incorrect installation; it's probably best it you wipe the HDD clean and do a reinstall.

Beetle Bailey · October 9th, 2007

Clean install on a new drive. No problems except for the boot.

Yellowhello · October 9th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beetle Bailey

Clean install on a new drive. No problems except for the boot.

The drive maybe defective then...

Beetle Bailey · October 13th, 2007

Drive works fine with a different board. I just bought a new PS and get the same results. Is it possible for the IDE channel to go bad on a board? thanks, Bailey.

polobunny · October 14th, 2007

That's not impossible, try to put it on the second channel. Change the cable too. ;)

Beetle Bailey · October 14th, 2007

I get the same results.

I guess I'll get to see how good MSI's RMA department is. Thanks for the help. Bailey.

**Reloadron** · October 14th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beetle Bailey

I get the same results.

I guess I'll get to see how good MSI's RMA department is. Thanks for the help. Bailey.

Before worrying about a RMA maybe it would be wise to either reinstall (clean) or hell just boot from the CD and go into the repair console. Try running a FIXBOOT and FIXMBR from the command prompt.

FIXBOOT

Microsoft Corporation

FIXMBR

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true

Just on the off chance you have a corrupt boot file.

Ron

Beetle Bailey · October 14th, 2007

Thanks but I've already tried the repair console to no avail.

I really think I have a corrupt MB. I'm going to try and get a SATA drive today and see what happens. Bailey.

fstroupe · October 14th, 2007

When you put the drive on the second computer, did you use it as a boot drive, or just as an additional drive?

I recently had a corrupted MBR, and nothing worked short of formatting the entire drive, to completely rewrite the MBR. I had 3 partitions on it, and formatting just C: didn't work. Neither did anything from the repair console, etc.

It worked fine as a data drive on another computer.

October 9th, 2007	#1
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 383	XP Question In all the times I've had to reload XP, I've never had to use the disk to boot after the install was complete. I always went back into the BIOS and switched it to boot from hd and no problems. But this time it dosen't matter what I do, every time I restart, it asks for "The Boot Disk"? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. It even has my tech buddy at the comp store confused. Thanks, Bailey.

October 9th, 2007	#2
Yellowhello Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,254	Re: XP Question Are you sure you installed XP correctly? It might be a partial or incorrect installation; it's probably best it you wipe the HDD clean and do a reinstall. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

October 9th, 2007	#3
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 383	Re: XP Question Clean install on a new drive. No problems except for the boot.

October 13th, 2007	#5
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 383	Re: XP Question Drive works fine with a different board. I just bought a new PS and get the same results. Is it possible for the IDE channel to go bad on a board? thanks, Bailey.

October 14th, 2007	#6
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,595 Blog Entries: 6	Re: XP Question That's not impossible, try to put it on the second channel. Change the cable too. ;)

October 14th, 2007	#7
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 383	Re: XP Question I get the same results. I guess I'll get to see how good MSI's RMA department is. Thanks for the help. Bailey.

October 14th, 2007	#9
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 383	Re: XP Question Thanks but I've already tried the repair console to no avail. I really think I have a corrupt MB. I'm going to try and get a SATA drive today and see what happens. Bailey.

October 14th, 2007	#10
fstroupe A Lonely Geek Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NE Mississippi Posts: 291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: XP Question When you put the drive on the second computer, did you use it as a boot drive, or just as an additional drive? I recently had a corrupted MBR, and nothing worked short of formatting the entire drive, to completely rewrite the MBR. I had 3 partitions on it, and formatting just C: didn't work. Neither did anything from the repair console, etc. It worked fine as a data drive on another computer.

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