PC won't boot without the XP DVD in drive

[Neil]

Hi

I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the
drive

When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from
the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else
if you do not it loads windows happily.

However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk
present.

I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot
order.

Any ideas?

Neil

 

[Jim Macklin]

Reinstall XP to the hard drive.



| Hi
|
| I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without
the XP dvd in the
| drive
|
| When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you
want to boot from
| the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes
into XP setup, else
| if you do not it loads windows happily.
|
| However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there
is no bootdisk
| present.
|
| I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible
combination of boot
| order.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Neil
|
|

 

[Neil]

I've re-installed XP three times already. Doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Then there is something wrong with the partition or the BIOS
setting. Have you booted XP with the CD and then used disk
management to be sure the C: partition [or which ever
partition you installed XP on is active? Are you sure the
hard drive is properly installed and jumpered?

I would be tempted to repartition the drive and do a clean
install, letting XP work on a blank drive to start. You can
boot a program called ERASER from a floppy and completely
wipe the hard drive and start over like the drive was new,
there will be nothing on it to interfere with getting a
proper install of XP.


| I've re-installed XP three times already. Doesn't seem to
make a difference.
|
|
in message
| | > Reinstall XP to the hard drive.
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Hi
| > |
| > | I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot
without
| > the XP dvd in the
| > | drive
| > |
| > | When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if
you
| > want to boot from
| > | the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes
| > into XP setup, else
| > | if you do not it loads windows happily.
| > |
| > | However if there is no cd in the drive it says that
there
| > is no bootdisk
| > | present.
| > |
| > | I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible
| > combination of boot
| > | order.
| > |
| > | Any ideas?
| > |
| > | Neil
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Andy]

Hi

I've installed XP on my PC, however it won't boot without the XP dvd in the
drive

When the dvd is in the drive and you boot, it asks if you want to boot from
the cd. If you hit a key it boots from the cd and goes into XP setup, else
if you do not it loads windows happily.

When you see the prompt to hit a key to boot from the CD, it means
that the code on the XP CD that boots to the XP setup routine has
detected the existence of a hard disk containing an active primary
partition. If you don't hit a key, then it boots from this disk.

However if there is no cd in the drive it says that there is no bootdisk
present.

This means the BIOS isn't booting from the correct hard disk.

I've set the boot order in the bios to every possible combination of boot
order.

There are two things to set: 1) boot order of hard disk, CD, floppy,
etc., and 2) hard disk priority.

Any ideas?

What motherboard?
What kind of hard disk(s), how are they partitioned, and how are they
connected to the motherboard?

 

[Neil]

Hi

I reset the bios to default settings and all is fine now.

Thanks

Neil