Help! Computer won't load Windows with new Lite-On Drives

Lejend · 08-26-04, 10:02 PM

Ok,
I've tried everything I can think of, but I can't get my computer to boot with my brand new retail Lite On Drives. One is a 52x CD-ROM drive, The other is a 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD combo drive. When I first turn my computer on, it boots normally. Both drives are detected by my bios. (d25, latest for my nf7-s v2.0) But when the loading screen comes up it justs hangs there. The little blue loading bar (used to be green in SP1) shows like it is loading, but nothing happens. I've let it run like this for 30 min, and no change.

I have tried every jumper setting combination possible (master, slave cs, etc) to no avail. I have also tried each drive seperately. I use the sata 150 adapter for my hard drive, and have tried it with out, but still nothing.
I have also tried both drives in my other computer and they work fine there. I really hope i'm missing something stupid here. Any help would be apprieciated.

Thanks
Lejend

Vflux · 08-26-04, 10:16 PM

Dont worry bro, we're both on the same boat as we speak. I just gave up trying. Damn winxp couldnt see both my CD-RW/DVD Drive as well....I tried the same thing you did setting the drives to master and slave with no luck......

Lejend · 08-26-04, 10:23 PM

Update: I switched out my round ide cable for a regular one....still no go. Switched in my old drives, and they worked (the old ones, still no go with the new drives) My drives will not boot into safe mode either.

Vflux · 08-26-04, 10:31 PM

You said your bios can see your drives right? So you cant use your CD drives at all? You can try putting the winxp cd and perform a Repair.....

Lejend · 08-27-04, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Vflux

You said your bios can see your drives right? So you cant use your CD drives at all? You can try putting the winxp cd and perform a Repair.....

I booted from my Windows CD successfully, and got into the repair console. But, what do I do now? I tried using the help command and a list came up. I tried FIXBOOT and FIXMBR. Both went thru successfully, but it didn't help my problem? Is there like a command to "re-build" my install of windows or something? Anyone know any commands that I'm missing that might work?

Vflux · 08-27-04, 12:25 AM

Load winxp cd again then wait for the option to either install winxp or perform a repair.....

Lejend · 08-27-04, 12:59 AM

Yes, I know that. Once I select the repair option, it goes to something like a dos prompt. Then what do I do?

Vflux · 08-27-04, 01:38 AM

Did you confirm it to do the repair, IIRC it shouldnt go to dos prompt. Once you confirmed it to do the repair it just loads all drivers and files to your hard drive the boots you right away to winxp.....

Albuquerque · 08-29-04, 12:10 AM

Booting from the XP CD gives you two "repair" options... You want to ignore the first option for repair and choose to set up windows. When you get to the screen where it says an existing windows installation was found, THIS is where you choose to do a repair (second time you'll see repair).

This will completely re-install Windows without eating your registry settings for apps you've loaded, user profiles you've created, etc. Great little feature usually...

08-26-04, 10:02 PM	Thread Starter #1
Lejend Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wisconsin, USA	Help! Computer won't load Windows with new Lite-On Drives Ok, I've tried everything I can think of, but I can't get my computer to boot with my brand new retail Lite On Drives. One is a 52x CD-ROM drive, The other is a 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD combo drive. When I first turn my computer on, it boots normally. Both drives are detected by my bios. (d25, latest for my nf7-s v2.0) But when the loading screen comes up it justs hangs there. The little blue loading bar (used to be green in SP1) shows like it is loading, but nothing happens. I've let it run like this for 30 min, and no change. I have tried every jumper setting combination possible (master, slave cs, etc) to no avail. I have also tried each drive seperately. I use the sata 150 adapter for my hard drive, and have tried it with out, but still nothing. I have also tried both drives in my other computer and they work fine there. I really hope i'm missing something stupid here. Any help would be apprieciated. Thanks Lejend __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0Ghz Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard MSI Radeon HD 3870 512MB G.Skill 8GB DDR2 (PC2 6400) 5-5-5-15 2x500GB WD Caviar SE16 7200RPM SATA HD (RAID 1) Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
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08-26-04, 10:16 PM	#2
Vflux Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: FOLDING	Dont worry bro, we're both on the same boat as we speak. I just gave up trying. Damn winxp couldnt see both my CD-RW/DVD Drive as well....I tried the same thing you did setting the drives to master and slave with no luck......
	QUOTE Thanks

08-26-04, 10:23 PM	Thread Starter #3
Lejend Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wisconsin, USA	Update: I switched out my round ide cable for a regular one....still no go. Switched in my old drives, and they worked (the old ones, still no go with the new drives) My drives will not boot into safe mode either. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0Ghz Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard MSI Radeon HD 3870 512MB G.Skill 8GB DDR2 (PC2 6400) 5-5-5-15 2x500GB WD Caviar SE16 7200RPM SATA HD (RAID 1) Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
	QUOTE Thanks

08-26-04, 10:31 PM	#4
Vflux Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: FOLDING	You said your bios can see your drives right? So you cant use your CD drives at all? You can try putting the winxp cd and perform a Repair.....
	QUOTE Thanks

08-27-04, 12:25 AM	#6
Vflux Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: FOLDING	Load winxp cd again then wait for the option to either install winxp or perform a repair.....
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08-27-04, 12:59 AM	Thread Starter #7
Lejend Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wisconsin, USA	Yes, I know that. Once I select the repair option, it goes to something like a dos prompt. Then what do I do? __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0Ghz Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Motherboard MSI Radeon HD 3870 512MB G.Skill 8GB DDR2 (PC2 6400) 5-5-5-15 2x500GB WD Caviar SE16 7200RPM SATA HD (RAID 1) Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium
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08-27-04, 01:38 AM	#8
Vflux Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: FOLDING	Did you confirm it to do the repair, IIRC it shouldnt go to dos prompt. Once you confirmed it to do the repair it just loads all drivers and files to your hard drive the boots you right away to winxp.....
	QUOTE Thanks

08-29-04, 12:10 AM	#9
Albuquerque Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North America	Booting from the XP CD gives you two "repair" options... You want to ignore the first option for repair and choose to set up windows. When you get to the screen where it says an existing windows installation was found, THIS is where you choose to do a repair (second time you'll see repair). This will completely re-install Windows without eating your registry settings for apps you've loaded, user profiles you've created, etc. Great little feature usually... __________________ Sis 461 VLB-3.................................\|.Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 AMD 486DX4 133 at 200Mhz 50FSB x 4 3.5v.......\|.E8400 E0 3.0Ghz at 4.5Ghz 500FSB x 9 1.48v S3 864P 4mb VRAM VLB at 48/54 on 50mhz bus....\|.2 x Sapphire 4850 512mb at 700/1100 PCIE 2.0 x16 4 x 32mb HMC PC33 SIMM's50Mhz 2-1-1-3 at 3.3v.\|.4 x 1Gb Crucial Ballistix D9GMH 1000Mhz 5-5-5-12 at 2.1v 2 x Western Digital 4200RPM Caviar 4Gb ATA66..\|.Samsung 7200RPM Spinpoint F1 750Gb SATA-II Mitsumi 4x CDRW PIO-1.........................\|.Samsung 20x DVD+/-RW SATA Magic Color!
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