new error code

superrandall64 · 03-28-2006, 01:43 AM

hello again... so here's what's happening. i'm doing a win xp install on a brand new hdd. it will format... says it's starting windows... then reboots. it's supposed to come back on after the reboot and begin the xp installation. instead i get an error code that looks like this.

couldn't open the disk drive 0
NTLDR couldn't open the disk drive 0.

**ceewi1** · 03-28-2006, 04:48 AM

Did you change the boot order in your BIOS so that your new hard drive boots up immediately after the CD-ROM and/or floppy (i.e. no other HDDs booting before it?)

superrandall64 · 03-28-2006, 07:18 PM

i've changed nothing in bios. not at the time anyway. i've since changed the boot order all over the place. currently... it's 1-cd 2-hdd 3-floppy. the computer actually came running win me. this is a new hdd and i have a full install disk for win xp. i've even tried using the compaq recovery disk with my old hdd to just go back to my old config. i get something else, but still not what i want. usually i would get the compaq recovery console. now i get a black screen that says win 98 (which i've never owned) has been started. the screen stays black and i get a command prompt for the floppy drive. i do have a ME boot disk... but i get a prompt for ME disk two. which either doesn't really exist, or i'm just the one and only case that didn't need to make one.

03-28-2006, 01:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
superrandall64 Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 43	new error code hello again... so here's what's happening. i'm doing a win xp install on a brand new hdd. it will format... says it's starting windows... then reboots. it's supposed to come back on after the reboot and begin the xp installation. instead i get an error code that looks like this. couldn't open the disk drive 0 NTLDR couldn't open the disk drive 0.

03-28-2006, 04:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,237	Did you change the boot order in your BIOS so that your new hard drive boots up immediately after the CD-ROM and/or floppy (i.e. no other HDDs booting before it?) __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

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03-28-2006, 07:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
superrandall64 Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 43	i've changed nothing in bios. not at the time anyway. i've since changed the boot order all over the place. currently... it's 1-cd 2-hdd 3-floppy. the computer actually came running win me. this is a new hdd and i have a full install disk for win xp. i've even tried using the compaq recovery disk with my old hdd to just go back to my old config. i get something else, but still not what i want. usually i would get the compaq recovery console. now i get a black screen that says win 98 (which i've never owned) has been started. the screen stays black and i get a command prompt for the floppy drive. i do have a ME boot disk... but i get a prompt for ME disk two. which either doesn't really exist, or i'm just the one and only case that didn't need to make one.