Need help with very retarded problem.. can't boot off Windows CD?!?!
Friday, after I got my A64 setup, I formatted and installed Windows XP flawlessly on my Seagate 160GB SATA HDD. Now I have a Raptor 74GB SATA and I want to install Windows XP on it too. So I unplug the data and power cable out of the Seagate and put it into the Raptor (I only have one set of cables thats why
) and load up my computer. It's detected during POST and it's displayed in BIOS so all is well so far. I enter BIOS and set my computer to boot off of CD-ROM as first device, floppy as second, and HDD as third. That's all I touch, everything else is set at optimized defaults. I save settings and exit BIOS. Nothing happens. Can't boot, can't POST, don't hear any beeps, just a blank screen with my CD-ROM drive spinning and reading the Windows Setup CD. I don't understand why this is happening. I followed the exact procedure mentioned above to re-install Windows on my Seagate 160GB SATA HDD 6 days ago - it should work exactly the same way.
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I am baffled and I dont know what else to try. The CD isnt bad because I can read it in Windows using my Seagate HDD. My CD-ROM and DVD-ROM works fine too. HDDs are detected too. SATA drivers are installed automatically so there is no need for a floppy driver. EVERYTHING works flawlessly on my Seagate HDD right now. Is the Raptor drive bad? I doubt it, but even if it were, it shouldn't be affecting the way my computer POSTs and boots off CD.
Help?
Friday, after I got my A64 setup, I formatted and installed Windows XP flawlessly on my Seagate 160GB SATA HDD. Now I have a Raptor 74GB SATA and I want to install Windows XP on it too. So I unplug the data and power cable out of the Seagate and put it into the Raptor (I only have one set of cables thats why
) and load up my computer. It's detected during POST and it's displayed in BIOS so all is well so far. I enter BIOS and set my computer to boot off of CD-ROM as first device, floppy as second, and HDD as third. That's all I touch, everything else is set at optimized defaults. I save settings and exit BIOS. Nothing happens. Can't boot, can't POST, don't hear any beeps, just a blank screen with my CD-ROM drive spinning and reading the Windows Setup CD. I don't understand why this is happening. I followed the exact procedure mentioned above to re-install Windows on my Seagate 160GB SATA HDD 6 days ago - it should work exactly the same way.:\
I am baffled and I dont know what else to try. The CD isnt bad because I can read it in Windows using my Seagate HDD. My CD-ROM and DVD-ROM works fine too. HDDs are detected too. SATA drivers are installed automatically so there is no need for a floppy driver. EVERYTHING works flawlessly on my Seagate HDD right now. Is the Raptor drive bad? I doubt it, but even if it were, it shouldn't be affecting the way my computer POSTs and boots off CD.
Help?
