I've recently purchased a new IDE hd. Attempting to get my Win XP installed on it, and running into some problems. It skips through the normal loading screens(motherboard screens, no Windows screens), then I run into 'Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter'. Currently, I have my Bios bootup menu set to 1. CD-rom drive (with my XP cd in), 2. IDE Harddrive, and 3. Floppy Drive. The HD is brand new, compatible with MoBo. All the cables are set correctly, all the hardware should be installed correctly.
I'm really not sure what to do, no matter what I try I keep coming across the 'Disk Boot Failure' error. When I first put the computer together, and installed my OS on my old HD, this error never came up, I'm not sure what the difference is now? I'm don't know if I should download a bootup program and put it on a floppy, and boot from that? As stated before, I never had to boot from floppy when I was first building my computer, I don't know what changed that would require it.
I've tried switching up my boot order in bios, 1. Floppy 2. cd-rom (winxp) 3. hd. I've tried disabling the floppy drive on bootup, 1. cd-rom (winxp) 2. hd 3. disabled(floppy). Tried to disconnect the floppy drive all together from the computer. I took the jumper off the HD and tried that. I switched the IDE cable with a brand new one. I tried running XP in a different rom drive. I've done alot, and I still come to the same 'disk boot failure' error. The HD brand IS showing up in bios, as well as the loading screen, so I'm assuming it's not a faulty hd. I don't know what could be the problem though.
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm really not sure what to do, no matter what I try I keep coming across the 'Disk Boot Failure' error. When I first put the computer together, and installed my OS on my old HD, this error never came up, I'm not sure what the difference is now? I'm don't know if I should download a bootup program and put it on a floppy, and boot from that? As stated before, I never had to boot from floppy when I was first building my computer, I don't know what changed that would require it.
I've tried switching up my boot order in bios, 1. Floppy 2. cd-rom (winxp) 3. hd. I've tried disabling the floppy drive on bootup, 1. cd-rom (winxp) 2. hd 3. disabled(floppy). Tried to disconnect the floppy drive all together from the computer. I took the jumper off the HD and tried that. I switched the IDE cable with a brand new one. I tried running XP in a different rom drive. I've done alot, and I still come to the same 'disk boot failure' error. The HD brand IS showing up in bios, as well as the loading screen, so I'm assuming it's not a faulty hd. I don't know what could be the problem though.
Any help would be appreciated.