Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to a
message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit "Enter"
or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times and the same
thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Don't hit the spacebar.. just let it go..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

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"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
> fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
> stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
> setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
> reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
> reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to
> a message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit
> "Enter" or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times
> and the same thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?
>

"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
| fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
| stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
| setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
| reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
| reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to
a
| message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit
"Enter"
| or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times and the
same
| thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?
|
|

David -

You're not providing enough information.

Tell us about your hardware. Specifically your hard drive(s).

Out on a limb here...

Is it a SATA drive? Do you have multiple drives defined in a RAID array?
If either of these are true, you need a driver diskette for your controller
and you must press F6 when prompted during the initial stages of the setup.

Jef

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:05:57 -0500, "David Mills"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
>fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
>stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
>setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
>reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
>reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to a
>message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit "Enter"
>or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times and the same
>thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?
>

Enter the BIOS setup and set the first boot device to be the
hard drive. If that doesn't work, check the drive's jumpers
(and jumpers of any other connected drives).

"JefN" <jefn_REMOVE_YOUR_SHORTS_@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> David -
>
> You're not providing enough information.
>
> Tell us about your hardware. Specifically your hard drive(s).
>
> Out on a limb here...
>
> Is it a SATA drive? Do you have multiple drives defined in a RAID array?
> If either of these are true, you need a driver diskette for your
> controller
> and you must press F6 when prompted during the initial stages of the
> setup.
>
> Jef
>

Jef,

Yes it is a single SATA drive, but I am hitting F6 during the initial part
of the install and providing the driver disk?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:05:57 -0500, "David Mills"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Ok, you know when you have a new computer and harddrive and you start a
> >fresh XP install? Well, the CD goes thru all of that preliminary setup
> >stuff and eventually you get to a point where it says "This portion of the
> >setup is done. Remove any disks in your floppy drive. Your computer will
> >reboot in 10 seconds and then the setup will continue." Well, my computer
> >reboots and then it just goes thru its normal startup routine and I get to a
> >message that says "Boot From CD". Then it just sits there, if I hit "Enter"
> >or "Spacebar" nothing happens. I have redid this setup 5 times and the same
> >thing keeps happening. Any ideas what the problem could be?
> >
>
> Enter the BIOS setup and set the first boot device to be the
> hard drive. If that doesn't work, check the drive's jumpers
> (and jumpers of any other connected drives).
>


yea.

"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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|
| Jef,
|
| Yes it is a single SATA drive, but I am hitting F6 during the initial part
| of the install and providing the driver disk?
|
|

Hi David -

Okay... how do you have your boot devices set up in your BIOS setup screens?

You need to have 1st boot device, of course, set to CD-ROM (at least until
your operating system is fully installed). Your 2nd boot device should be
your SATA drive. Some BIOS' have options for generic HDD, CD-ROM and
FLOPPY... you then have to go into a sub-menu to define exactly which drive
is to be the boot drive.

It would be helpful at this point to tell us who makes your motherboard and
what model. Helping with BIOS settings blind is nearly impossible.

Jef

"JefN" <jefn_REMOVE_YOUR_SHORTS_@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hi David -
>
> Okay... how do you have your boot devices set up in your BIOS setup
> screens?
>
> You need to have 1st boot device, of course, set to CD-ROM (at least until
> your operating system is fully installed). Your 2nd boot device should be
> your SATA drive. Some BIOS' have options for generic HDD, CD-ROM and
> FLOPPY... you then have to go into a sub-menu to define exactly which
> drive
> is to be the boot drive.
>
> It would be helpful at this point to tell us who makes your motherboard
> and
> what model. Helping with BIOS settings blind is nearly impossible.
>
> Jef
>

Ok, I believe that right now I have them setup as 1.) Floppy Drive 2.)
CD-ROM 3.) HDD.
I did that because I am using the 6 XP startup disks that you can create
from the Microsoft website. I am only using those because I can't boot
directly from the cd.
My motherboard is the new Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 that has PCI-E.
I know when the BIOS starts, it says something about "Award Software", I
can't remember exactly right now, I will check when I get home and repost if
this is wrong. One thing though, I don't remember there being any submenus
when you choose the startup order of your devices.

"David Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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|
| Ok, I believe that right now I have them setup as 1.) Floppy Drive 2.)
| CD-ROM 3.) HDD.
| I did that because I am using the 6 XP startup disks that you can create
| from the Microsoft website. I am only using those because I can't boot
| directly from the cd.
| My motherboard is the new Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 that has PCI-E.
| I know when the BIOS starts, it says something about "Award Software", I
| can't remember exactly right now, I will check when I get home and repost
if
| this is wrong. One thing though, I don't remember there being any
submenus
| when you choose the startup order of your devices.
|
|

Hi David -

Now we're getting to the meat of the matter.

For some reason your optical drive isn't booting. I don't see that as a
major issue (though it may be addressed through BIOS settings).

Your boot order is fine and your use of the 6-diskette set is also fine.

You are using a generic HDD as your 3rd boot device. There definitely has
to be a sub-menu option within the same Advanced BIOS Features Setup menu
(or some such name) which you must select to specify exactly which drive to
use as the boot device.

You have an Award BIOS. Many motherboards have a BIOS built upon Award's
version 6.0 BIOS. While significant, this isn't really coming into play
here (other than I'm familiar with Award BIOS' from other motherboard makers
products).

I'll have a look at the Gigabyte website and see if I can find a manual for
your motherboard to give you more concrete advice.

Jef

Hi David -

Found your answer in a matter of minutes.

Yes, you do have a hard disk boot priority sub-menu within your BIOS.

The first item in the Advanced BIOS Features menu is Hard Disk Boot
Priority. Press Enter at this menu item to bring up the sub-menu. From the
sub-menu, use the up and down arrow keys to move through the available disk
options. Use the + and - keys to move items up or down the menu list. Once
you have the menu arranged so that your hard disk is the first item listed,
press ESC to go back to the Advanced BIOS Features menu. ESC back to the
main menu and select the option to save and exit setup.

I hope this is clear. The information is covered in more detail in your
motherboard manual. If you don't have a manual, pick up the latest version
(in PDF format) at http://www.gigabyte.com.tw.

Jef