Boot config

The Astroman · 09-12-2005, 03:50 PM

Well, I recently added me a SATA 160 GB Maxtor 9, making a total of 240 GB of space available with my current drive. Now, my 80 GB drive has 2 partitions: C and G, Windows is on C. The new hard drive has one partition, H. I configured the Bios to boot up on the 80 GB hard drive, but every single time the same thing happens: I boot, it takes a hell of a lot of time at the screen with the 512 MB ram detected stuff (the one with the bios logo), then an error message with something like "No boot media, please insert boot media and press key to continue." but I HAVE a bootable media, it's my Windows drive. So I reset using the button on the front of my case, and the second time, it miraculously works, and boots on the 80 gig drive, and boots on Windows. A) Can I speed up the first page, which was way quicker before I installed the 2 HDD B) How can I tell the comp always to boot on the 80 gig HDD (the 160 HDD is not even in the boot list in the bios, just the 80 gig one).

mrjack · 09-12-2005, 04:52 PM

Usually when booting up press F11 and the you can choose what to boot from but that usually is for one time only, but you can enter your BIOS (I press F8) and then in some category you can choose how the boot media is searched for i.e. HD1, CD, Floppy etc.

The Astroman · 09-12-2005, 05:16 PM

Yes, I know, but I set the bios ONLY TO BOOT ON the 80 gig drive, nothing else. And most of the time, when I use the boot pop-up, it doesn't show the 80 gig drive.

Byteman · 09-12-2005, 07:12 PM

You'll prob need to modify your boot.ini

open it up, copy the contents of it and post it here..(don't make changes to it yet).

The Astroman · 09-13-2005, 06:38 AM

Here it is (I modified my boot screen, and everytime I boot it asks me if I want to boot using the picture I have for it or the default Windows XP logo... How can I tell it to always boot with the modified boot screen?)

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

My XP is in French

The Astroman · 09-14-2005, 11:33 AM

Anybody?

ghost · 09-14-2005, 02:39 PM

curse them french LOL

what u want to do is....

delete the bottom line of that boot.ini file.
so it was this...

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

to this....

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe

if that don`t work then it might be a hardware setup fault !

plz reply if this was any help.

steve

The Astroman · 09-14-2005, 05:56 PM

Well, you solved one thing, I am not asked to select boot screen, saves me some time, thanks! But the other question rests unanswered. Remember, the 80 gig is IDE and the 160 SATA... Could it be jumper config on the IDE disk?

ghost · 09-14-2005, 10:56 PM

hmmm, im not to sure on that 1 but i have a few things for you to try...

If there is more than 1 SATA connector on ur mobo refer to your mobo user manual to find out what 1 is SATA1

on my mobo its got them labled SATA1, 2, 3, & 4.
then try putting the HDD to SATA 1.

If that don`t work try putting your IDE HDD in C/S (Cable Select) using the jumpers on the HDD.

If not then try putting your HDD to Slave, if u have a IDE ribbon cable with 3 connectors USE THE MIDDLE ONE FOR SLAVE !

If that don`t work then please post again, cheers

Steve

The Astroman · 09-15-2005, 06:38 AM

The SATA disk is already on SATA1 (it's labeled on mobo), and I'm gonna try swapping jumpers on the IDE disk see if it makes any difference. BTW, the IDE cable which came with my mobo has 2 ends only, one black and one grey, does this make any difference if I put the disk on the black or the grey?

09-12-2005, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	Boot config Well, I recently added me a SATA 160 GB Maxtor 9, making a total of 240 GB of space available with my current drive. Now, my 80 GB drive has 2 partitions: C and G, Windows is on C. The new hard drive has one partition, H. I configured the Bios to boot up on the 80 GB hard drive, but every single time the same thing happens: I boot, it takes a hell of a lot of time at the screen with the 512 MB ram detected stuff (the one with the bios logo), then an error message with something like "No boot media, please insert boot media and press key to continue." but I HAVE a bootable media, it's my Windows drive. So I reset using the button on the front of my case, and the second time, it miraculously works, and boots on the 80 gig drive, and boots on Windows. A) Can I speed up the first page, which was way quicker before I installed the 2 HDD B) How can I tell the comp always to boot on the 80 gig HDD (the 160 HDD is not even in the boot list in the bios, just the 80 gig one). __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

09-12-2005, 04:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,363	Usually when booting up press F11 and the you can choose what to boot from but that usually is for one time only, but you can enter your BIOS (I press F8) and then in some category you can choose how the boot media is searched for i.e. HD1, CD, Floppy etc. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

09-12-2005, 05:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	Yes, I know, but I set the bios ONLY TO BOOT ON the 80 gig drive, nothing else. And most of the time, when I use the boot pop-up, it doesn't show the 80 gig drive. __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

09-12-2005, 07:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Byteman Malware Destroyer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Heaven... still Posts: 1,093	You'll prob need to modify your boot.ini open it up, copy the contents of it and post it here..(don't make changes to it yet). __________________ Don't byte off more than you can chew... Last edited by Byteman; 09-12-2005 at 07:43 PM.

09-13-2005, 06:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	Here it is (I modified my boot screen, and everytime I boot it asks me if I want to boot using the picture I have for it or the default Windows XP logo... How can I tell it to always boot with the modified boot screen?) [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn My XP is in French __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

09-14-2005, 11:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	Anybody? __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

09-14-2005, 02:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,005	curse them french LOL what u want to do is.... delete the bottom line of that boot.ini file. so it was this... [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn to this.... [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP dition familiale (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /KERNEL=kernel1.exe if that don`t work then it might be a hardware setup fault ! plz reply if this was any help. steve

09-14-2005, 05:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	Well, you solved one thing, I am not asked to select boot screen, saves me some time, thanks! But the other question rests unanswered. Remember, the 80 gig is IDE and the 160 SATA... Could it be jumper config on the IDE disk? __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

09-14-2005, 10:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,005	hmmm, im not to sure on that 1 but i have a few things for you to try... If there is more than 1 SATA connector on ur mobo refer to your mobo user manual to find out what 1 is SATA1 on my mobo its got them labled SATA1, 2, 3, & 4. then try putting the HDD to SATA 1. If that don`t work try putting your IDE HDD in C/S (Cable Select) using the jumpers on the HDD. If not then try putting your HDD to Slave, if u have a IDE ribbon cable with 3 connectors USE THE MIDDLE ONE FOR SLAVE ! If that don`t work then please post again, cheers Steve Last edited by ghost; 09-14-2005 at 11:00 PM.

09-15-2005, 06:38 AM	#10 (permalink)
The Astroman Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 1,604	The SATA disk is already on SATA1 (it's labeled on mobo), and I'm gonna try swapping jumpers on the IDE disk see if it makes any difference. BTW, the IDE cable which came with my mobo has 2 ends only, one black and one grey, does this make any difference if I put the disk on the black or the grey? __________________ Intel P4 HT 2.4 GHz // Asus P4P800 Radeon 9600// 2x256MB PC3200 Infineon + 2x512 MB TwinX 3200C2 Corsair XMS 80GB IDE//140GB SATA // CM Stacker DVD Player // LiteON SHW 16H5S Lightscribe Logitech Z5300// SB Audigy 2 ZS Akasa Rheobus // 19’ LCD Keyboard // Logitech MX518 FAN of: Lost,The OC, Alias, DH, Prison Break, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI, NCIS CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

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