But why wouldn't it boot UBCD from the CD drive? On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:28 PM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds like something's been hosed and the OS can't figure out how to get > started, boot sector etc. Try ghosting the drive to another? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bambi J Saastad [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:22 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Flashing cursor on black screen > > I have an issue with booting XP on an Imation 64G SSD PATA drive in an > industrial type pc. > > When I boot the system I get a flashing cursor in the upper left corner of > the screen. > The system never boots or gives an error. > > This is what I've tried: > Put the drive in a different pc as a slave, and I can access the drive no > issue. > Pulled everything but the video card and hd out > Swapped HD cables. Tried both ATA-66/100 compatible cables and standard ATA > cable. > Swapped power supplies > Swapped motherboard. > Cleared the BIOS > In BIOS, turned off Use Serial ATA > Tried booting from the internal CD drive, but BIOS does not see the CD Rom > drive if both the HD and CD-Rom drive are installed. > Tried booting from an external USB CD drive > Same result no matter what. > Any suggestions? > TIA > B > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
