Bootup help

[refcol2002]

Having installed xp pro after an upgrade to my computer i find i can only boot from cd, what have i done wrong have i connected a cable wrong or do i have to go into bios to change anything or have i installed wrongly even though windows actully runs after boot up.any help would be welcome as its a pain having to put my disk in first before boot up

 

[Ecniv]

If you try to boot from the hard disk what is the error message you get?

 

[Martin]

You'll need to go into the BIOS first to change your boot sequence, since you probably changed the option to the CD-ROM drive as the first device to boot from, in order to boot from the WinXP CD to install; check your motherboard's manual for more detail on changing it.

 

[refcol2002]

tried changing the bootup in bios to hard drive and not put disk in drive and the message i get is not system disk reboot from disk

 

[brahm]

Okay a little more

But you are saying that when you boot up with the XP CD you are able to access your harddrive and windows works and all?

 

[refcol2002]

problem solved thanks all for your help