help with cdrom

metaltechinc · 12-08-2005, 09:05 PM

I am currently trying to put a new segate hard drive into an olderl compaq presario. It has an amd 550 in it . It also has a burner and a regular cd drive in it. No other drives. On install, I can't get it to recognize the cd's so that I can boot from them. They do not show up in the bios either. I also get the ntldr missing message. Can you offer some suggestions?

hatespuddles · 12-09-2005, 05:58 AM

Hi metaltechinc,

Sounds like a cabling issue. As far as not booting from the cdrom once the drives are detected, that may be related to an old BIOS. Check the motherboard's site for an update.

Hope this helps.

**keymaker** · 12-10-2005, 11:54 PM

hi metal,

make sure all of the cables are seated properly. unhook them and hook them up again. good luck

12-08-2005, 09:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
metaltechinc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 47 OS: win2000 pro	help with cdrom I am currently trying to put a new segate hard drive into an olderl compaq presario. It has an amd 550 in it . It also has a burner and a regular cd drive in it. No other drives. On install, I can't get it to recognize the cd's so that I can boot from them. They do not show up in the bios either. I also get the ntldr missing message. Can you offer some suggestions?

12-09-2005, 05:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
hatespuddles Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: sydney, australia Posts: 13 OS: xp	Hi metaltechinc, Sounds like a cabling issue. As far as not booting from the cdrom once the drives are detected, that may be related to an old BIOS. Check the motherboard's site for an update. Hope this helps. __________________ KARLO

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keymaker Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,154 OS: windows xp	hi metal, make sure all of the cables are seated properly. unhook them and hook them up again. good luck __________________ AVG Spybot SpywareBlaster Adware CCleaner Diskeeper ZoneAlarm