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tyl2704

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I just built my computer which people at this site put together. Everything turned on but for some reason it wont read from the boot disk. I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. When I try to start it up it keeps saying disk boot error...like it cant read it. Whats the problem?

here are the specs:

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (4 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA

SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
 
uh-oh thats not good.
Did u take the harddrive out of another computer? A computer with an OS on it?

If you did, you need to reformat, and then reinstall the OS.

Also, before anything else, check your caples :o!

That happened to me and i was about to get pissed then i noticed that my pwr cable wasnt plugged in!

post back results dude
 
all the parts are brand new from newegg. I just built it an hour ago. I'll check the power cord although Im pretty sure I saw/heard it working.
 
Internal cables too, and make sure it's not trying to boot from the virtual A: drive or whatever.

And maybe check your disk for scratches and clean it off.
 
what u have to do is make sure all cables are plugged in.
go into the BIOS find where u can change BOOT devices set it to BOOT from CD or DVD drive whatever it says then HDD, u might have to press any key to boot thow, an it will work, we went through this at school today
 
k, I tried switching the boot drives....didnt work. All the cables are plugged in....what could be wrong!? Im going crazy!
 
um, I think I may have found out the problem. My motherboard is sata 2 only.....I believe. I think both of the harddrives that were selected here are sata 1. Is that why It wont read them?? Or mby they're not formatted....AHH!!!
 
There backward compatible should not cause a problem. Just sounds like your not getting it to boot to the CD. On a Gigabyte board at the bottom of the first bios screen it say press --- key for boot order. Hit the key pick the drive the Vista cd is in and hit enter.
 
My friend and I have tried that numerous times. We actually ended up taking an old harddrive of mine from an older computer and it read it no problem. It was connected through the older wide thin cables (forget what their called).
 
tyl2704 said:
My friend and I have tried that numerous times. We actually ended up taking an old harddrive of mine from an older computer and it read it no problem. It was connected through the older wide thin cables (forget what their called).
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ATA or PATA...

So you put your old HDD in and it found the DVD disk during POST?
 
well the old harddrive already had xp on it, but yea when we booted it up it tried starting and everything. Basically it went way farther than my two new harddrives.
 
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