On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:24:07 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, here's my dilemma: <snipparoo> > Problems: First, I thought I might try to set up the new 20Gb HD as > slave and use my old 30Gb HD as master. Also, I did not order a new > CDROM with the new system (though I have a new DVD/CDRW combo drive on > the way), so I thought I'd just transfer my 44x CDROM into the new > system as well. Well, after I transferred the 30Gb HD and the CDROM > over to the new system, the computer recognized my hardware and then > tried to boot; however, linux wouldn't have that. So, linux tried to > adjust to the new hardware and format the new HD, but it froze up. > So, I tried to reboot and load WinXP (sorry, just seeing if it would > work so I could dual boot) off of CDROM. Well, the windows set up > recognized the hard drive and formatted the master (30Gb) HD, but then > when it tried to start copying windows files to the HD, it wouldn't do > it. Well, then I tried to reboot again, and that's when everything > just went to hell. After the reboot, the BIOS would recognize the HDs > and the CDROM, but would not read from the CDROM. It gave me a > "failure" message when it got to the step to read from the CDROM > drive. Then, because I could not load from the cdrom and the system > files had not been written to the HD yet, I get the error message > "NTLDR is missing. Check to see if a bootable disk is in the drive or > put a bootable disk in the drive and press enter." Well, when I put > either the Mandrake 9.1 disk in or the WinXP disk, I get the same > error. Basically, the BIOS has quit reading from the CDROM. I don't > know how to get it to read. Did I lose the driver? Did I somehow > kill my CDROM? I don't know. That's problem one. > <snippy> > > Thanks in advance > Jack
Check for bent pins & fubared cables. First thing ... secondly check for correct jumpers & try making your cdrom & hardrive in diff master/slave settings. Fe Fi Fo Femme
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