Bootup problems

swaffml · 11-30-2006, 03:34 PM

I have been setting up a new hard drive so I have been going from the old one to the new one after shutting down. Last night after I shut down and changed the cable it would not boot. The manufacture's splash screen comes up and then it goes to the black screen with the blinking curser where it just sets the curser does move down the screen about an inch but then just sets there. I put my Windows CD in my DVD drive and tried again to see if it would boot to the CD no go, move the CD to my CD drive and it saw the CD and asked if I wanted to boot from it I let it time out, It then booted normaly. It will not bootup without the Windows CD in the CD drive, I just let it time out and it boots. Any Ideas as to what could make it do this it does it regardless of which Hard drive I have hooked to the machine.

StrangleHold · 11-30-2006, 04:57 PM

You have the jumpers set right on the drives, plus you might need to go into the bios and set your boot order

swaffml · 11-30-2006, 05:05 PM

This is a new thing, I have been booting with either drive for a month or more with no problems all jumpers are correct. It is just that it will not boot unless the windows disk or any other bootable disk is in the cd drive.

swaffml · 11-30-2006, 05:06 PM

I do not let it boot from the cd when I get the message "press any key to boot from cd" I do nothing it times out and then boots from what ever hard drive I have hooked up to the machine.

swaffml · 11-30-2006, 06:58 PM

Think I found it, in the bios under boot config boot from usb was enabled even though I have no bootable usb devices and none are listed in the boot squence. I disabled it and took the bootable disk out of the cd and it booted normaly. Write this one down, it could drive people crazy. They would be doing things that are completely unnecessary and maybe even dangerous, can't believe it was that simple.

11-30-2006, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
swaffml New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	Bootup problems I have been setting up a new hard drive so I have been going from the old one to the new one after shutting down. Last night after I shut down and changed the cable it would not boot. The manufacture's splash screen comes up and then it goes to the black screen with the blinking curser where it just sets the curser does move down the screen about an inch but then just sets there. I put my Windows CD in my DVD drive and tried again to see if it would boot to the CD no go, move the CD to my CD drive and it saw the CD and asked if I wanted to boot from it I let it time out, It then booted normaly. It will not bootup without the Windows CD in the CD drive, I just let it time out and it boots. Any Ideas as to what could make it do this it does it regardless of which Hard drive I have hooked to the machine.

11-30-2006, 04:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,508	You have the jumpers set right on the drives, plus you might need to go into the bios and set your boot order __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

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11-30-2006, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
swaffml New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	This is a new thing, I have been booting with either drive for a month or more with no problems all jumpers are correct. It is just that it will not boot unless the windows disk or any other bootable disk is in the cd drive.

11-30-2006, 05:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
swaffml New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	I do not let it boot from the cd when I get the message "press any key to boot from cd" I do nothing it times out and then boots from what ever hard drive I have hooked up to the machine.

11-30-2006, 06:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
swaffml New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4	Think I found it, in the bios under boot config boot from usb was enabled even though I have no bootable usb devices and none are listed in the boot squence. I disabled it and took the bootable disk out of the cd and it booted normaly. Write this one down, it could drive people crazy. They would be doing things that are completely unnecessary and maybe even dangerous, can't believe it was that simple.