new, need help loading OS

[irishluck]

okay, im new to this and i have a computer problem. i have had all my hardway checked, had to get a new hard drive. when i put the boot disk in and push enter, it goes back to a black screen and says boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter.


there is no os on it and thats why im trying to get back on it and it keeps saying that same thing over and over again, please help

 

[valtopps]

is it a recovery disk or windows os install disk?

 

[irishluck]

its an os cd. cause i have to reload the os. its a new hard drive

 

[razormind]

Go into BIOS setup & check if your hard drive is detected.

 

[ElenaP]

In BIOS setup, also check the boot order. If you want to boot from Windows installation CD, then CD-ROM should be listed first in the boot device list. Looks like the computer tries to boot from the hard drive first.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

In BIOS setup, also check the boot order. If you want to boot from Windows installation CD, then CD-ROM should be listed first in the boot device list. Looks like the computer tries to boot from the hard drive first.

I agree.

 

[irishluck]

i dont think its detecting the hard ddrive when i looked in the bios

it shows this

Primary master [WDC WD600JB-00CRA1]
Primary Slave [Auto]
Secondary master [none]
Secondary Slave [Auto]

 

[irishluck]

also the dvd drive is selected first then hard drive

now could the problem be that my drive is a dvd r-rw rewritable drive and not a cd drive?

 

[Cromewell]

It depends on the motherboard, sometimes those displays only list drives plugged into SATA ports. Although the terminology used suggests that you are looking at the PATA drives that are detected... Do you know what motherboard you have?

 

[paulcheung]

Also it depend on which o/s you use, and the type of hard drive you got, My Gateway laptop with xp doesn't recognise my new 500gb sata harddrive, I have to use Window 7 32bit to install the hard drive.
Good luck.
Paul

 

[Geoff]

Also it depend on which o/s you use, and the type of hard drive you got, My Gateway laptop with xp doesn't recognise my new 500gb sata harddrive, I have to use Window 7 32bit to install the hard drive.
Good luck.
Paul

OS is irrelevant when you are trying to boot from a CD.