got everything together, started the computer and it says disk load failure, please insert startup disk and press enter.
i have a ds2, e6750, 1gb ram, and dvd burner. everything posted fine, the hd is a western digital and it's ide and so is the cd/dvd player. i have the primary on the dvd and the secondary as the hdd. for some reason the bios doesn't recognize either, and if i change the boot device it will just repeat that same error. the cables are plugged in properly, i even saw the cd/dvd light come on.
what do you think?
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Originally Posted by INTELCRAZY
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how? my computer won't recognize the hard drive or the cd rom even though they are hooked up.
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try putting in the windows install disc and then start the pc up. it should come up "press any key to boot form cd" if it doesent, check to see if the ide cables are in properly and the power cables are hooked up to them.
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you have to install some SATA drivers probably
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there is no need for sata drivers with a ide drive i think the problem is this ( i have the primary on the dvd and the secondary as the hdd.) the primary should be the hdd.
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it wouldnt make a difference, the dvd drive should be set to primary if you want to boot form the cd which in this case we need to to install windows.
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got everything together, started the computer and it says disk load failure, please insert startup disk and press enter.
i have a ds2, e6750, 1gb ram, and dvd burner. everything posted fine, the hd is a western digital and it's ide and so is the cd/dvd player. i have the primary on the dvd and the secondary as the hdd. for some reason the bios doesn't recognize either, and if i change the boot device it will just repeat that same error. the cables are plugged in properly, i even saw the cd/dvd light come on.
what do you think?
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Have you tried putting the CD in when you boot, there should be at the bottom of the bios screen (press--- key to boot from CD-ROM)
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Have you tried putting the CD in when you boot, there should be at the bottom of the bios screen (press--- key to boot from CD-ROM)
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yes, i've tried this. the computer doesn't recognize the drives. it keeps saying boot disk failure, insert and press enter. i press enter and it keeps doing it, even though i set the first boot device as the cdrom and the cdrom drive has the windows cd in it. if i go into the bios and look at the primary/master it lists nothing and shows i have no hard drive.
all the cables are in properly. the computer is simply not recognizing the drives exist.
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i just now thought of this, but i'm not sure if the jumper settings on the hd and the cd rom are appropriate, but i have no clue what to change them to (i don't have their manuals). is there a source online i can use to change the jumper settings? would this make the drives unnoticeable the computer? i hooked up the other computer this way and switched the drives when i took these two drives out and there were no problems with the old computer recognizing the drives, so i don't see how this could be the problem (although it's worth a shot).
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