well i installed a SATA 150 gig harddrive, i also installed Win XP PRO on it the drivers on it and everything.
but for some reason it only starts up windows ONLY if it can boot from an xp disk
if the disk is not in the drive, or the bios are not set on "first boot devise cdrom" 3 things might happen.
1: after it does the verifyind dma pool data (its supposed to load windows after this) it goes to a black screen and stays that way (untill i turn it off)
2: after the dma pool data thing it again goes to the black screen with a white loading bar at the bottom and gets stuck on 2% and stays that way (again untill i shut it down)
3: after the dma pool data again it goes to the black screen with a white loading bar which LOADS this time but followed by the blue screen of doom its a blue screen that says:
due to an error windows has to shut down to prevent damage to ur computer
if this is the first time u see this messagee, restart ur comp. or remove any newly installed hardware or contact ypu BLAH BLAH BLAH
now if the win xp boot disk IS in the drive and if the 1st boot devise is a cd rom in which the XP disk is located, then no problem but i still dont like this
i tried formatting the drive again and reinstalling 3 times
same problem.
a friend told me it has something to do with a corrupt MBR
well i desided not to bother and RMA'd it (return it to manufacturer and they will send me a new one)
well i just got it and as far as i see even when i didnt fully indtall it it BEGAN MAKING THE SAME SIGNS OF DOOM AGAIN!!
If its not booted from the xp cd the black screen with a loading bar, or a blue screen of doom telling me to do chkdsk (which I DID) same thing happens
it will only start installing if its booted from the disk.
usually it does go to the installation without the disk butit tells me to pop in the disk. but even without the disk, you see whats happening THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST TIME!
plus now when its installing, it gets stuck in the "preparing the installation"stage, usually it goes quick BUT NOW THIS!!
but for some reason it only starts up windows ONLY if it can boot from an xp disk
if the disk is not in the drive, or the bios are not set on "first boot devise cdrom" 3 things might happen.
1: after it does the verifyind dma pool data (its supposed to load windows after this) it goes to a black screen and stays that way (untill i turn it off)
2: after the dma pool data thing it again goes to the black screen with a white loading bar at the bottom and gets stuck on 2% and stays that way (again untill i shut it down)
3: after the dma pool data again it goes to the black screen with a white loading bar which LOADS this time but followed by the blue screen of doom its a blue screen that says:
due to an error windows has to shut down to prevent damage to ur computer
if this is the first time u see this messagee, restart ur comp. or remove any newly installed hardware or contact ypu BLAH BLAH BLAH
now if the win xp boot disk IS in the drive and if the 1st boot devise is a cd rom in which the XP disk is located, then no problem but i still dont like this
i tried formatting the drive again and reinstalling 3 times
same problem.
a friend told me it has something to do with a corrupt MBR
well i desided not to bother and RMA'd it (return it to manufacturer and they will send me a new one)
well i just got it and as far as i see even when i didnt fully indtall it it BEGAN MAKING THE SAME SIGNS OF DOOM AGAIN!!
If its not booted from the xp cd the black screen with a loading bar, or a blue screen of doom telling me to do chkdsk (which I DID) same thing happens
it will only start installing if its booted from the disk.
usually it does go to the installation without the disk butit tells me to pop in the disk. but even without the disk, you see whats happening THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST TIME!
plus now when its installing, it gets stuck in the "preparing the installation"stage, usually it goes quick BUT NOW THIS!!
