New Hd installed Win XP won't load

wc4 · 09-04-2008, 05:48 PM

Installed new HD WD 400GB as master, Former HD WD 80GB set as slave, computer boots from slave, when slave is unpowered and computer is set to boot from CD then HD0 it sticks at Boot CD: then nothing. Reconnected HD1 (80GB),computer boots but sees nothing on CD drive while XP Pro original disk in drive, when I load another disk in CD drive, the drive sees the info and can load it on the computer. Figured it may be the XP disk, so I used another disk, XP Home, the CD drive did not see that disk either. The new 400GB HD has been formatted. I am looking for some direction as to where to go now to reconcile this problem. Can I load the XP disk from an external usb DVD drive?

Tumbleweed36 · 09-04-2008, 07:48 PM

What kind of drive is the 400gb, you mention that it is set to master, so I must assume that it is an IDE drive. Next, I must assume you have the new drive jumpers set to master, and the hard drive on the end of the ribbon cable. Then, you have the old drive jumpers set up to slave and on the middle connector of the ribbon cable.

When that is assured, then enter the bios setup menu and check these two items in the Boot subsection:

1) Boot Order

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Drive - 3rd

Then, migrate on down in that same Boot area and find something (might be worded differently) called Hard Drive Priority and MAKE sure the drive you want to boot from is listed FIRST in there.

Don't forget to save before you exit.

Report back with results.

wc4 · 09-16-2008, 05:57 PM

Sorry for the delay, The HDD's are IDE, jumpers and ribbon connectors were as needed, did as you stated in BIOS, didn't see anything like HD Priority there other than Boot Up Floppy seek,Boot up num lock, This machine is 4-5 yrs old. Put in OEM XP Pro and rebooted got error:
DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND HIT ENTER
Did so, same result. Also tried with OEM XP Home that came with this machine and got same DISK BOOT FAILURE. The CD will run other CD's fine. Disconnected old HDD, only connected new 400GB HD went thru same process same result, DISK BOOT FAILURE. Went back to old HDD 80GB and rebooted sys and it came up, but won't read XP CD in CD drive. Any thoughts? Thanks.

rphillis · 10-01-2008, 08:09 PM

Just a thought, since you mention it was an older machine - they usually come with two connectors on the motherboard allowing you to have two drives per IDE channel (hence the Master/Slave thing) - make sure that you are not using both the DVD/CD Drive and Hard disk on one of these IDE channels, keep them separated and use one IDE channel for Hard Disks and the other for DVD/CD.

The other problems that can occur are related to the position of the Hard drives on the ribbon cable -- master always at end, slave on the next connector of that ribbon cable;
and having dodgy ribbon cables or ribbons that are too long.

09-04-2008, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
wc4 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New England Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP3	New Hd installed Win XP won't load Installed new HD WD 400GB as master, Former HD WD 80GB set as slave, computer boots from slave, when slave is unpowered and computer is set to boot from CD then HD0 it sticks at Boot CD: then nothing. Reconnected HD1 (80GB),computer boots but sees nothing on CD drive while XP Pro original disk in drive, when I load another disk in CD drive, the drive sees the info and can load it on the computer. Figured it may be the XP disk, so I used another disk, XP Home, the CD drive did not see that disk either. The new 400GB HD has been formatted. I am looking for some direction as to where to go now to reconcile this problem. Can I load the XP disk from an external usb DVD drive?

09-04-2008, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,680 OS: XP Professional	Re: New Hd installed Win XP won't load What kind of drive is the 400gb, you mention that it is set to master, so I must assume that it is an IDE drive. Next, I must assume you have the new drive jumpers set to master, and the hard drive on the end of the ribbon cable. Then, you have the old drive jumpers set up to slave and on the middle connector of the ribbon cable. When that is assured, then enter the bios setup menu and check these two items in the Boot subsection: 1) *Boot Order* CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd Hard Drive - 3rd Then, migrate on down in that same Boot area and find something (might be worded differently) called *Hard Drive Priority* and MAKE sure the drive you want to boot from is listed *FIRST* in there. Don't forget to save before you exit. Report back with results. __________________ ---------- 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. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 09-04-2008 at 07:50 PM.

09-16-2008, 05:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
wc4 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New England Posts: 5 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: New Hd installed Win XP won't load Sorry for the delay, The HDD's are IDE, jumpers and ribbon connectors were as needed, did as you stated in BIOS, didn't see anything like HD Priority there other than Boot Up Floppy seek,Boot up num lock, This machine is 4-5 yrs old. Put in OEM XP Pro and rebooted got error: DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND HIT ENTER Did so, same result. Also tried with OEM XP Home that came with this machine and got same DISK BOOT FAILURE. The CD will run other CD's fine. Disconnected old HDD, only connected new 400GB HD went thru same process same result, DISK BOOT FAILURE. Went back to old HDD 80GB and rebooted sys and it came up, but won't read XP CD in CD drive. Any thoughts? Thanks.

10-01-2008, 08:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
rphillis Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP, Vista	Re: New Hd installed Win XP won't load Just a thought, since you mention it was an older machine - they usually come with two connectors on the motherboard allowing you to have two drives per IDE channel (hence the Master/Slave thing) - make sure that you are not using both the DVD/CD Drive and Hard disk on one of these IDE channels, keep them separated and use one IDE channel for Hard Disks and the other for DVD/CD. The other problems that can occur are related to the position of the Hard drives on the ribbon cable -- master always at end, slave on the next connector of that ribbon cable; and having dodgy ribbon cables or ribbons that are too long.