Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Disk Boot Failure when i try to boot my new Sata HD.

honkeytot · 12-18-2008, 03:27 AM

k so i had an old ide HD and i bought and plugged in my new SATA hd. (the sata cable to the mobo and the power cord from the power supply.)

the sata drive is in channel 1..and i unplugged the old one...and i get disk boot failure.

but it does work if i have both plugged in. still asks me which to boot from and i boot from the new one.

only reason i want the old one out is cuz whenever i try to install anything from cd-rom my comp freezes..i install it to d drive too(my new sata HD).

i have XP on both drives. and ive booted from both drives. it gives me an option which one i want to boot from.

but it wont get to that screen if my old IDE hd isnt plugged in.

12-18-2008, 03:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
honkeytot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Disk Boot Failure when i try to boot my new Sata HD. k so i had an old ide HD and i bought and plugged in my new SATA hd. (the sata cable to the mobo and the power cord from the power supply.) the sata drive is in channel 1..and i unplugged the old one...and i get disk boot failure. but it does work if i have both plugged in. still asks me which to boot from and i boot from the new one. only reason i want the old one out is cuz whenever i try to install anything from cd-rom my comp freezes..i install it to d drive too(my new sata HD). i have XP on both drives. and ive booted from both drives. it gives me an option which one i want to boot from. but it wont get to that screen if my old IDE hd isnt plugged in.