HD won't boot

[George Hanna]

I'm building a computer for the first time and I'm having some problems I
hope someone can help me with.

Here's the sequence:
I bought a DFI NFII 400-AL mobo with an AMD 2800+ processor, Hitachi 7K250
160GB HD, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card, a Mitsumi CD-RW, and a Fudin ATX
case. I installed everything, loaded Windows XP and all the appropriate
drivers. System worked fine except that I found out that the the integrated
sound was not working and could not be fixed - manufacturer told me to send
it back (even tried installing a Sound Blaster Live card with no luck).
Bought another mobo (Shuttle AN35(N)-400), kept and installed all the other
hardware.

When I try to boot the new system with only the HD, I get a BOOT DISK
FAILURE error. BIOS recognizes the HD. Checked the boot sequence in the
BIOS and made several changes in the sequence (HDD-0, none, none; Floppy,
CDROM, HDD-0; etc) all with no luck. Also, it seems like the HD isn't even
spinning up. Could having Windows XP from the previous mobo be the problem?
Also, when I connect the CD-RW, thinking I would reinstall XP, POST sequence
gets to "Detecting IDE Drives" and hangs - no power getting to the CD-RW.
Checked all the cables, connections, etc. All seem fine.

Please Help.

 

[Don Briggs]

You didn't mention your master/slave settings. Are they correct?

 

[Bill Eversole]

My experience has been that you cannot boot a hard drive with 2000/XP
already installed connected to a different motherboard.

Bill

 

[JAD]

repair install of XP, however you should have done this BEFORE the
first boot after the exchange of the hardrive.