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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
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I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the drive When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else if you do not it loads windows happily. However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk present. I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot order. Any ideas? Neil |
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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
Reinstall XP to the hard drive.
"Neil" wrote in message ... | Hi | | I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the | drive | | When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from | the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else | if you do not it loads windows happily. | | However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk | present. | | I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot | order. | | Any ideas? | | Neil | | |
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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
I've re-installed XP three times already. Doesn't seem to make a difference.
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message ... Reinstall XP to the hard drive. "Neil" wrote in message ... | Hi | | I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the | drive | | When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from | the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else | if you do not it loads windows happily. | | However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk | present. | | I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot | order. | | Any ideas? | | Neil | | |
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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
Then there is something wrong with the partition or the BIOS
setting. Have you booted XP with the CD and then used disk management to be sure the C: partition [or which ever partition you installed XP on is active? Are you sure the hard drive is properly installed and jumpered? I would be tempted to repartition the drive and do a clean install, letting XP work on a blank drive to start. You can boot a program called ERASER from a floppy and completely wipe the hard drive and start over like the drive was new, there will be nothing on it to interfere with getting a proper install of XP. "Neil" wrote in message ... | I've re-installed XP three times already. Doesn't seem to make a difference. | | | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | ... | Reinstall XP to the hard drive. | | | | "Neil" wrote in message | ... | | Hi | | | | I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without | the XP dvd in the | | drive | | | | When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you | want to boot from | | the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes | into XP setup, else | | if you do not it loads windows happily. | | | | However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there | is no bootdisk | | present. | | | | I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible | combination of boot | | order. | | | | Any ideas? | | | | Neil | | | | | | | | |
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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:14:05 +0100, "Neil"
wrote: Hi I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the drive When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else if you do not it loads windows happily. When you see the prompt to hit a key to boot from the CD, it means that the code on the XP CD that boots to the XP setup routine has detected the existence of a hard disk containing an active primary partition. If you don't hit a key, then it boots from this disk. However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk present. This means the BIOS isn't booting from the correct hard disk. I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot order. There are two things to set: 1) boot order of hard disk, CD, floppy, etc., and 2) hard disk priority. Any ideas? What motherboard? What kind of hard disk(s), how are they partitioned, and how are they connected to the motherboard? Neil |
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PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive
Hi
I reset the bios to default settings and all is fine now. Thanks Neil "Neil" wrote in message ... Hi I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the drive When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else if you do not it loads windows happily. However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk present. I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot order. Any ideas? Neil |
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