ok so ive started having this weird problem with my setup recently which really goes over my head b4 i say anything else ill tell u my setup.
P4 3.0, OCZ 1 GB ram, GA 8KNXP Mobo, audigy 2 ZS pro, Sapphire 850xt pe,
1 RAPTOR SATA 35 GB just for windows, 1 SATA 200 GB HDD, 1 SATA 300 GB HDD, 2 IDE 200 GB HDD, 2 SAMSUMG DVD Burners..
so basically thats my setup...i added the 2 IDES recently 2 months back and had not installed windows since then, so now i tried to do a fresh install of windows on my PC and for some strange reason when im promted to choose the drive i want to install my windows on its showing all my drives in diff order :S, my raptor which was my C:\ is now my E:\ and my C:\ is being showed as one of my IDE's and so on. so someone gave me this bright idea that unplung all ur drives from ur comp except the one u want to setup ur windows on and install as it will be C:\ and u can plug ur drives after installation. so i did that and i installed windows and pluged my drives in latter but theres a problem, whenever my PC starts it says cannot find NTLDR or cannot find windows or something or the other and it restarts ... now to add more drama to it, if theres a CD in one of my drives thats bootable and during PC start if it prompts that do u wish to boot from CD and if i dont hit any key it boots my Windows... if i take the CD out it will again say cannot find Windows or somethings corrupt. if i disable the IDE's also then windows starts... anyways i cant seem to figure out whats wrong, really need help.... what could be the problem... why are all my drive letters wrong when trying to install windows and if i unplug my drives b4 installation and plug them after why does it say cannot find windows. also i wish i could format my drives but i really cant, all of them are filled with DATA really need help....
oh and i also updated my BIOS thinking maybe that would help. did it 1 hour back using @BioS using internet update..!!
thanking anyone who can help
P4 3.0, OCZ 1 GB ram, GA 8KNXP Mobo, audigy 2 ZS pro, Sapphire 850xt pe,
1 RAPTOR SATA 35 GB just for windows, 1 SATA 200 GB HDD, 1 SATA 300 GB HDD, 2 IDE 200 GB HDD, 2 SAMSUMG DVD Burners..
so basically thats my setup...i added the 2 IDES recently 2 months back and had not installed windows since then, so now i tried to do a fresh install of windows on my PC and for some strange reason when im promted to choose the drive i want to install my windows on its showing all my drives in diff order :S, my raptor which was my C:\ is now my E:\ and my C:\ is being showed as one of my IDE's and so on. so someone gave me this bright idea that unplung all ur drives from ur comp except the one u want to setup ur windows on and install as it will be C:\ and u can plug ur drives after installation. so i did that and i installed windows and pluged my drives in latter but theres a problem, whenever my PC starts it says cannot find NTLDR or cannot find windows or something or the other and it restarts ... now to add more drama to it, if theres a CD in one of my drives thats bootable and during PC start if it prompts that do u wish to boot from CD and if i dont hit any key it boots my Windows... if i take the CD out it will again say cannot find Windows or somethings corrupt. if i disable the IDE's also then windows starts... anyways i cant seem to figure out whats wrong, really need help.... what could be the problem... why are all my drive letters wrong when trying to install windows and if i unplug my drives b4 installation and plug them after why does it say cannot find windows. also i wish i could format my drives but i really cant, all of them are filled with DATA really need help....
oh and i also updated my BIOS thinking maybe that would help. did it 1 hour back using @BioS using internet update..!!
thanking anyone who can help