S
Sunny
Hi, I am seeking help, with trying to help a mate (by phone) with a PC
that failed to boot.
He has an Intel board based P4 running WinXP that has :
a. A SATA hard drive on its own cable,
b. An IDE 2nd hard drive with a DVD Burner on a shared cable.
The OS is on the SATA drive (C) and has failed to boot (after a normal
shut down).
So far the following has been tried :
1. Booting from the CD and attempts to use the repair console.
(Stuck in "examining C")
2. Installing a fresh WinXP on the 2nd hard drive with the SATA
disconnected.
(successful)
3. Boot with original SATA connected.
(Failed - PC just stops booting)
4. Boot with SATA not connected.
(successful)
BIOS shows both hard drives, and boot sequence has been altered, to ensure
that the IDE drive boots first.
SATA drive has been set to master and slave with no change
What would be the next step, to try and get WinXP to boot with the SATA
drive connected so that files can be recovered/transferred to the IDE
drive (now "C')
TIA for any help
that failed to boot.
He has an Intel board based P4 running WinXP that has :
a. A SATA hard drive on its own cable,
b. An IDE 2nd hard drive with a DVD Burner on a shared cable.
The OS is on the SATA drive (C) and has failed to boot (after a normal
shut down).
So far the following has been tried :
1. Booting from the CD and attempts to use the repair console.
(Stuck in "examining C")
2. Installing a fresh WinXP on the 2nd hard drive with the SATA
disconnected.
(successful)
3. Boot with original SATA connected.
(Failed - PC just stops booting)
4. Boot with SATA not connected.
(successful)
BIOS shows both hard drives, and boot sequence has been altered, to ensure
that the IDE drive boots first.
SATA drive has been set to master and slave with no change
What would be the next step, to try and get WinXP to boot with the SATA
drive connected so that files can be recovered/transferred to the IDE
drive (now "C')
TIA for any help