Can't boot without XP CD

[Carl G]

Do you have more then one hard drive? If so did you set the jumpers
corectly, Master, Slave.

 

[BBUNNY]

Andy in NJ wrote:
| I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
| installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the
| computer, if I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the
| message that Windows didn't load properly and it gives me the menu
| with the Safe Mode options or the regular boot. After I select
| anything, it reboot the computer and does the same thing. It's an
| endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any suggestions?

 

[BBUNNY]

Carl G wrote:
| Do you have more then one hard drive? If so did you set the jumpers
| corectly, Master, Slave.
|
|| I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
|| installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the
|| computer, if I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the
|| message that Windows didn't load properly and it gives me the menu
|| with the Safe Mode options or the regular boot. After I select
|| anything, it reboot the computer and does the same thing. It's an
|| endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any suggestions?

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

"Andy in NJ" <SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET> wrote in message
| I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
| installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer,
if
| I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows
| didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options
or
| the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does
| the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any
| suggestions?

I have a suggestion: Fix your clock--you're posting in the future.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Raymond

Give the guy a break. That's the least of his problems!

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[Dick Mahar]

"Andy in NJ" <SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET> wrote in message
I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if
I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows
didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or
the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does
the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any
suggestions?

If you feel comfortable in the BIOS, check to ensure that the hard Drive is
designated as thr Boot Drive..........Dick. M.

 

[Yor Suiris]

You say "I installed a new hard drive" was that as a Second drive? If yes,
was XP originally on the old Drive? If yes then did you edit the Boot.ini to
reflect the drive and system changes?

 

[GTS]

Was windows already installed on one the original drive? Is the new hard
drive the primary or secondary?
I suggest booting into Recovery Console and checking the boot.ini file, etc.
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654 re. using RC. Look at the
FixMBR, FixBoot, and Bootcfg commands particularly.

 

[Bob I]

But you are posting from TOMMOROW!

No I'm not. My clock says 3:05pm, which it is as of this message.

 

[no one]

But it is the 24 th of Feb and Not The 25th

No I'm not. My clock says 3:05pm, which it is as of this message.

 

[Andy in NJ]

Well, I'll be darned. Problem fixed.

 

[Andy in NJ]

Was windows already installed on one the original drive? Is the new hard
drive the primary or secondary?
I suggest booting into Recovery Console and checking the boot.ini file,
etc. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654 re. using RC. Look at
the FixMBR, FixBoot, and Bootcfg commands particularly.

The hard drive was a new with nothing installed. The new hard drive is the
primary.

 

[Andy in NJ]

You say "I installed a new hard drive" was that as a Second drive? If
yes, was XP originally on the old Drive? If yes then did you edit the
Boot.ini to reflect the drive and system changes?

The computer came without a hard drive. I picked up a new 80 gig hard drive
and installed WinXP Home on it.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive,
installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if
I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows
didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or
the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does
the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any
suggestions?

I suggest you start by deciding if you have a Windows
problem or a boot environment problem. Here is what
you can do.

- Format a floppy disk under WinXP.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD to A:\ -
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Start a Command Prompt and type this command:
type c:\boot.ini > a:\boot.ini
- Boot the machine with this floppy

What do you get?

 

[Gonefishing]

Since the switches on the drive are correctly set. The bios settings are
fine. And your saying this is a new drive. I'd suggest reformatting the
drive again and starting over.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot.ini is corrupt. Load from the CD, but enter the Recovery Console.
Logon, then delete the existing boot.ini. Run bootcfg /rebuild to create a
new one.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Andy in NJ]

Was windows already installed on one the original drive? Is the new hard
drive the primary or secondary?
I suggest booting into Recovery Console and checking the boot.ini file,
etc. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654 re. using RC. Look at
the FixMBR, FixBoot, and Bootcfg commands particularly.

Thanks for the suggestions. When I tried the fixmbr command, it did inicate
that there was a problem with the boot record and I did try fixing it, but
it made no difference. Looks like I may be shelling out the $35 for Windows
tech support to try to solve this one.

 

[Alan Wilcox]

Andy,
I found that it helps a lot to unplug all drives but the new "boot drive" when
you're putting on the new OS. (Prevents accidents too ... like formatting the
wrong drive!)
Alan

 

[IC]

I have a similar problem, except that I'm told there a disk boot failure and
to insert a system disk. With the XP CD in, it will boot OK from the HDD.

 

[zibby]

so what was it