(CriHavoc) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> (jamotto) wrote in message news:< om>...
> > "Little Monster" <> wrote in message news:< ws.com>...
> > > On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 07:59:21 -0800, CriHavoc wrote
> > > >
> > > > 4. Change Drive Configuration To:
> > > > -- WD 40GB Primary on IDE 0
> > > > -- 52x Burner Secondary on IDE 0
> > > > -- No Drive on IDE 1
> > > > 5. On Boot
> > > > -- infinite reboot loop on CDROM boot seek [no CD in DRIVE]
> > > > -- BLACK SCREEN LOCK on CDROM boot seek [WinXP CD in DRIVE]
> > > >
> > > > 6. Change Configuration To:
> > > > -- Drive
> > > > -- IBM 60GB [with Win2000] Primary on IDE 0
> > > > -- 52x Burner Secondary on IDE 0
> > > > -- CMOS
> > > > -- Change Boot Sequence to
> > > > -- Floopy
> > > > -- IDE 0
> > > > -- DISABLED
> > > >
> > > > 7. Successful Boot into Win200
> > > > -- CDROM is available
> > > > -- No issue in windows encountered.
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to why I can no longer boot from
> > > > CD. I have attempted to Install WinXp from Win yet because I want a
> > > > full clean install on a my new Western Digital.
> > >
> > > 1) For reasons of performance, you should really make your primary drive the
> > > biggest one and install the os on that, reason is you get more files onto
> > > a faster part of the disk (ie near the edge) that way, and it would be a
> > > shame to slow down a nice box that way:-)
> > >
> > > 2) For reasons of performance, you should really not have a cd, cdrw or
> > > dvd drive on the same ide channel as a hard drive, these things generally
> > > are ATA33 or ATA66. The bus runs at the speed of the slowest device on
> > > it, so you are slowing down your hard drive access with either of your
> > > last 2 configurations
> > >
> > > 3) Did you format the drive before attempting to install xp on it? You
> > > can't install an operating system without a file system! If you haven't
> > > done so, just open a dos prompt in w2k and do FORMAT <WHATEVER THE NEW
> > > DRIVE LETTER IS>. It might be worth using fdisk first though to create
> > > separate data and os partitions, that way if you trash xp you can
> > > (hopefully!) reformat without losing your data
> > >
> > > With your last setup, is it now possible to boot from a cdrom? Apart from it
> > > being available in w2k?
> > >
> > > With the previous configs, are you sure all the connectors were really,
> > > really pushed home?
> > >
> > > Have you checked the bios is sufficiently up to date for the os? Weird
> > > things can sometimes happen at the time it hands over control to the os.
> > >
> > > 4) (I just can't resist this;-) Why don't you get rid of that nasty
> > > windows crap and install a real os ;->
> > >
> > > Monster
> >
> > I Would also check Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) to
> > make sure all your hardware is supported.
> >
> > Also point two from Monster's reply is incorrect the speed of the IDE
> > channels are set to the speed of the drive that is the master for that
> > channel.
> >
> > In the third point you don't have to format the drive to install XP.
> > XP will format it early in the installation process if you try to
> > install it on a partition that has not been formatted. Although two
> > partitions one for the OS and one for the data is a good idea.
> >
> > lastly, unfortunately it seem's like few people are trying any real
> > OS's as a IDC study shows that 93.8% of new software licenses for
> > desktops are for windows, 2.9% for Mac's and 2.8% for paid Linux
> > distributions(if you throw in free Linux downloads the numbers don't
> > really change any). Maybe someday though.
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> Thanks for the posts. However, its all a moot point now. I guess the
> issue was a prelude to full motherboard\process failure.
>
> Havoc
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The joys of Western Digital
I discovered the real issue.
I purchased a Western Digital 40GB HardDrive because my IBM 60GB drive
was starting to die. It seems that the Western Digital drive does play
well with others. I had the WB drive jumpers set to Master with Slave.
When the IBM didn't spin up, the Western Digital drive caused faults
in all of the IDE channels. I could boot from floppy but that was it.
Once I pulled to IBM drive and set the WD drive to master only, I
didn't have anymore problems.
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