Can't boot without XP CD

Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console after
booting from the CD.

Neil

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message
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Hi Andy,

attrib -h -s -r C:\boot.ini
del C:\boot.ini

Then run bootcfg /rebuild.

Ok, tried that. No luck. Same results.

"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message
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Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console after
booting from the CD.

Yes.

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
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"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message
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Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console
after booting from the CD.

Yes.
Have you run Fdisk, and if so what info does it give?

The answer to your problem is pretty simple really.
When windows was installed the cmos setting was for the cdrom to be the
first boot device.
Change the setting for in the cmos to make your hard drive the first boot
device. If it still fails to boot.
Do this.... As the system starts (as the cmos is being read) look for the
hot key for boot menu (on my system it's F8) and with the cd in the system
tell it to boot to the cdrom drive. Reinstall windows or repair it. Once the
system restarts during the set up it will restart to the hard drive and NOT
the cdrom.

I've made this mistake with several of the systems I've built.

"Andy in NJ" wrote:

I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if
I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows
didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or
the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does
the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any
suggestions?

"andre2274" wrote in message
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The answer to your problem is pretty simple really.
When windows was installed the cmos setting was for the cdrom to be the
first boot device.
Change the setting for in the cmos to make your hard drive the first boot
device. If it still fails to boot.
Do this.... As the system starts (as the cmos is being read) look for the
hot key for boot menu (on my system it's F8) and with the cd in the system
tell it to boot to the cdrom drive. Reinstall windows or repair it. Once
the
system restarts during the set up it will restart to the hard drive and
NOT
the cdrom.

I've made this mistake with several of the systems I've built.

Actually, the problem was just solved. I disconnected the old hard drive and
it boots fine now, without the CD.

Andy, Unless you are hitting the "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt, I
don't know of any reason for this cycle ?. I would reccomend that you do a
reinstall of your WindowsXP, after first Formatting the hard drive again.
Insert the WinXP disc in the CD-rom, and hold down the "control" key until
you see the "Windows is inspecting your computer's hardware", then follow
instructions until you get a page that asks if you want to repair a previous
installation, choose NO, and then instruct it to delete the C: drive
partition, and then format the HD to NTSD, don't use the "Quick" format
option. After it formats, complete the new installation, and if the cycle
repeats itself again, you most likely have a hardware issue. Hope this helps.

"Andy in NJ" wrote:

I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if
I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows
didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or
the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does
the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any
suggestions?

"Hermanator" wrote in message
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Andy, Unless you are hitting the "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt, I
don't know of any reason for this cycle ?. I would reccomend that you do a
reinstall of your WindowsXP, after first Formatting the hard drive again.
Insert the WinXP disc in the CD-rom, and hold down the "control" key until
you see the "Windows is inspecting your computer's hardware", then follow
instructions until you get a page that asks if you want to repair a
previous
installation, choose NO, and then instruct it to delete the C: drive
partition, and then format the HD to NTSD, don't use the "Quick" format
option. After it formats, complete the new installation, and if the cycle
repeats itself again, you most likely have a hardware issue. Hope this
helps.

I posted about this earlier today. I fixed the problem. I unplugged the old
hard drive that I had in there and it fixed the problem. This really should
have been my first step (and probably the first suggestion from our resident
experts), but I didn't think of it until just recently. I even backed up the
old hard drive to a USB external drive and reformated the old hard drive,
but that didn't fix it until it was unplugged. Must be a jumper setting on
the old hard drive. Even though it's set to "Cable Select" and the cable is
properly setup, it must not have properly detected the master/slave.

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
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I posted about this earlier today. I fixed the problem. I unplugged the
old hard drive that I had in there and it fixed the problem. This really
should have been my first step (and probably the first suggestion from our
resident experts), but I didn't think of it until just recently...

You really are a pompous ass, aren't you?
How about thanking everyone for their time and effort instead of bragging
about YOUR wonderful problem-solving ability?
Oh, and please don't reply, I'm washing my hair.
:O)
Gilbert