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Here is my dilemma. I was preparing to perform a fresh windows xp pro
install on my system with a Seagate 160Gb Ulta ATA/100 drive
(st3160023a) i just picked up at Best Buy last night, however i cannot
get the system to recognize the HD as the boot drive. At first I
installed the virgin drive and then booted from the Windows XP install
disc and went through the usual motions of formatting and installing
without incident. However, when i remove the install disc and reboot,
the system gives me a "boot disc error" after successfully posting.
I've tried changing to jumper settings, reformatting with the silly
Segate "Discwizard" software and changing the bios settings for
boot order, but nothing seems to help. The odd thing is, I tried
booting with my old HD using this new HD as a slave, and it recognizes
it just fine- I just can't boot from it! Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
MSI K7N2 Delta nF2
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
2x512 MB PC3200 PNY "Optima Memory" (D512MPC32OPT)
Enermax 350W PS (EG365P-VD)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8, 30GB SATA 133 (6E030l0510613)
Seagate 160GB UltraATA 100 (st3160023a)
install on my system with a Seagate 160Gb Ulta ATA/100 drive
(st3160023a) i just picked up at Best Buy last night, however i cannot
get the system to recognize the HD as the boot drive. At first I
installed the virgin drive and then booted from the Windows XP install
disc and went through the usual motions of formatting and installing
without incident. However, when i remove the install disc and reboot,
the system gives me a "boot disc error" after successfully posting.
I've tried changing to jumper settings, reformatting with the silly
Segate "Discwizard" software and changing the bios settings for
boot order, but nothing seems to help. The odd thing is, I tried
booting with my old HD using this new HD as a slave, and it recognizes
it just fine- I just can't boot from it! Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
MSI K7N2 Delta nF2
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
2x512 MB PC3200 PNY "Optima Memory" (D512MPC32OPT)
Enermax 350W PS (EG365P-VD)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8, 30GB SATA 133 (6E030l0510613)
Seagate 160GB UltraATA 100 (st3160023a)