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Tumbleweed36 · 10-19-2008, 04:52 PM

Try clearing your cmos as a first step. You can do that by either moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to pins 2 & 3 for a few minutes and then moving them back. You can also do that by removing the motherboard battery for a few. See if this gets you so you can get set up again to reinstall the OS.

If you can then get to the bios, go to the Boot area and set it up as:

Cdrom/Dvd drive - 1st (the main one you want to use to load windows)
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Drive - 3rd

Then, migrate on down to the Hard Drive priority and set the hard drive as FIRST in that area. (this would be the drive you want to boot from)

Don't forget to save before you exit and be sure to unplug and ground yourself before clearing that cmos.

10-19-2008, 04:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,639 OS: XP Professional	Re: Possible Bios problem-hdd switching on/off Try clearing your cmos as a first step. You can do that by either moving the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to pins 2 & 3 for a few minutes and then moving them back. You can also do that by removing the motherboard battery for a few. See if this gets you so you can get set up again to reinstall the OS. If you can then get to the bios, go to the Boot area and set it up as: Cdrom/Dvd drive - 1st (the main one you want to use to load windows) Floppy - 2nd Hard Drive - 3rd Then, migrate on down to the Hard Drive priority and set the hard drive as FIRST in that area. (this would be the drive you want to boot from) Don't forget to save before you exit and be sure to unplug and ground yourself before clearing that cmos. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.