New hard disc won't boot
Hi! I have a weird problem. My new hard disc won't boot. . . I even returned it to the store. They tested it and said it was ok. Hardware: ECS K7S5A motherboard 500 MB RAM Seagate 120 GB (new hd) IBM Deskstar (old hd) nVidia geforce2 mmx 400 SB PCI 128 I tried installing Windows XP Pro on a single 120 gb partition.
Hi!
I have a weird problem. My new hard disc won't boot... I even returned it to the store. They tested it and said it was ok. Hardware:
ECS K7S5A motherboard
500 MB RAM
Seagate 120 GB (new hd)
IBM Deskstar (old hd)
nVidia geforce2 mmx 400
SB PCI 128
I tried installing Windows XP Pro on a single 120 gb partition. The installer tells me to reboot using the hard disc. I reboot, BIOS tells me I have a primary master 120gb hard disc installed, but then it says:
Booting from CD-ROM... No
Booting from IDE-0... No
I boot my old XP on my old hard disc and I verify that the new hard disc's partition is active (bootable).
I try a different partition setup:
500 mb linux boot partition
15 gb windows system partition
104 gb extended partition with a coupl eof more linux and windows partitions
I try to install both windows and then debian linux, but the same result as above. I'm starting to think my board can't handle my new hard disc... Is that possible? I can use it in slave mode no problem, though.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Kloper
I have a weird problem. My new hard disc won't boot... I even returned it to the store. They tested it and said it was ok. Hardware:
ECS K7S5A motherboard
500 MB RAM
Seagate 120 GB (new hd)
IBM Deskstar (old hd)
nVidia geforce2 mmx 400
SB PCI 128
I tried installing Windows XP Pro on a single 120 gb partition. The installer tells me to reboot using the hard disc. I reboot, BIOS tells me I have a primary master 120gb hard disc installed, but then it says:
Booting from CD-ROM... No
Booting from IDE-0... No
I boot my old XP on my old hard disc and I verify that the new hard disc's partition is active (bootable).
I try a different partition setup:
500 mb linux boot partition
15 gb windows system partition
104 gb extended partition with a coupl eof more linux and windows partitions
I try to install both windows and then debian linux, but the same result as above. I'm starting to think my board can't handle my new hard disc... Is that possible? I can use it in slave mode no problem, though.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Kloper
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Yes, I set the jumper to master, and the BIOS recognizes the drive as primary master. It's not a SATA drive.
No, I haven't updated the BIOS. I'll try that.
The board:
http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7s5a.html
The drive:
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,579,00.html
My old drive:
IBM Deskstar 7200 RPM 40 GB Hard Drive
No, I haven't updated the BIOS. I'll try that.
The board:
http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7s5a.html
The drive:
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,579,00.html
My old drive:
IBM Deskstar 7200 RPM 40 GB Hard Drive
You can use that drive and boot to it in slave mode with no problem? If so then it is prob. the board. It may be that the controller is going south. Or that you may have to us Cable Select mode. Try the other controller as master, if that works then it is very possible that the controller is bad.
Cable select didn't work. The controller should be ok since I can boot the old drive with the same controller.
Maybe my board is too old for this shit... I'll try to flash the BIOS. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have to somehow use the old drive as boot loader for the new drive. This sucks.
Maybe my board is too old for this shit... I'll try to flash the BIOS. If that doesn't work I guess I'll have to somehow use the old drive as boot loader for the new drive. This sucks.
