Boot failure???

[MarineCorps]

I seem to have yet another issue with my computer. I got it to boot up now, I set the BIOS, but now when I get to boot up it is saying

Searching for boot record from floppy....Not found
Searching for boot record from CD/DVD 0....Not found

Boot failure
Reboot and select proper boot device
or insert boot media in select boot device
Press any key when ready

I set my BIOS to search in IDE1 and nothing else. Why is this happening. I am going to go nuts.

Oh BTW: IDE1 is connected to my hard drive and IDE2 is connected to my CD-rom drive. And I have no floppy drive

 

[kcwong]

Either your harddisk is dead, or the IDE controller (on motherboard) is. I bet it's your harddisk - their storage space's growing bigger and bigger, and are more prone to hardware failures.

Which OS are you using? If XP, the CD contains a boot image... insert it and press a key. Your computer will then boot using the XP CD... where you could see if your harddisk is still working or not.

 

[MarineCorps]

Either your harddisk is dead, or the IDE controller (on motherboard) is. I bet it's your harddisk - their storage space's growing bigger and bigger, and are more prone to hardware failures.

Which OS are you using? If XP, the CD contains a boot image... insert it and press a key. Your computer will then boot using the XP CD... where you could see if your harddisk is still working or not.

It's a 6 year old HD and I tested it out with my old computer a week or so ago and it worked fine. My OS is Win98.

 

[kcwong]

When you test the HDD in your old computer, can you boot with it?

 

[Hawkster]

the fault is def with the hard disk - the pc is not seeing it to boot from -can you hear the disk spinning or making any noise when the pc first starts? If so then it may be a bios issue - assuming the hd is compatible with the mboard (you do say its an old disk - 6 years?? personally if it is I'd replace it....)

Check list

1.make sure all IDE cables to the HD are properly seated and not loose or even the wrong way

2.make sure the power connector to the HD is making good contact - sometimes they may appear to be in ok but need a good push to really make contact

3.in the BIOS set the HD/IDE1 channel to auto detect if you can - failing this look on the HD and see if it has the details for the BIOS printed on it(heads.cylinders etc) - if so enter these in the bios and try again

4.as Kcwong says just becasue you can read it in an old machine doesn't mean it's a bootable disk - if it doesn't have a boot partition on it then it won't boot - good advice to try booting from a cd and then seeing if you can read the HD - if you can then the disk is not bootable - unless it is reformatted and made so.

 

[MarineCorps]

2.make sure the power connector to the HD is making good contact - sometimes they may appear to be in ok but need a good push to really make contact

hehe. I forgot to plug the connecter in. I have one more problem but I have M$ to blame for that http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312108