New Sandisk CompactFlash 5000 wont boot xpe!

[EugeGim]

Hello everyone,
I got a hold of a new Sandisk CompactFlash 5000, but cannot get XPe
to boot no matter what I try. Anyone have any suggestions? Here is
what I have done.

-compact flash ID is fixed
-connected compact flash to CF to IDE adapter
-formatted the card using NTFS and have tried FAT32
-copied XPe files onto card (have tried both pre and post FBA files)

I get as far as "NTLDR missing"

Anyone have any idea?
I am able to do this process with older Sandisk, Delkin, and Silicon
Systems cards with no problems.

Anything would help!
Thanks!!!

Eugene

 

[Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras]

Anyone have any idea?

Bootprep to make the disk bootable?

 

[KM]

He said he tried NTFS which doesn't require bootprep.
But even with FAT32 formatted under XP the boot sector is going to be NTLDR-aware.

Eugene, are you partitioning and formatting the card of the same target hardware? What do you use for that - XP Pro, WinPE?

 

[EugeGim]

Hello,
I am partitioning and formatting the card using WinXP on my
development system. It is not the same hardware as the target, but
this never seemed to be a problem for any of my other Compact Flash
cards. Do you think this could be the issue? Thank you everyone for
your time.

Euge

 

[EugeGim]

He said he tried NTFS which doesn't require bootprep.
But even with FAT32 formatted under XP the boot sector is going to be NTLDR-aware.

Eugene, are you partitioning and formatting the card of the same target hardware? What do you use for that - XP Pro, WinPE?

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Regards,
KM






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Hi,
I am doing the formatting and partitioning on my WinXP development
system...do you think it matter that the target hardware is different?

Thanks!

 

[KM]

Euge,

You should partition and format the card on the target hardware. Otherwise some disk geometry parameters that are dependent on the
target device's BIOS implementation may not match between your development system and the target.

 

[EugeGim]

Euge,

You should partition and format the card on the target hardware. Otherwise some disk geometry parameters that are dependent on the
target device's BIOS implementation may not match between your development system and the target.

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Regards,
KM





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Thank you I will try this right now!