Problen installing XP on HDD
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sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 - Aug 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM
sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 - Aug 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Hello,
I recently got a dell optiplex gx270 from a friend with everything except a hdd.
I had a UPC/NTL/Chorus recorder box with a 160GB hdd inside so I put that in to the PC and connected it up and set the jumper 2 away from the ide cable. When I go into the BIOS I’m pretty sure that everything is set correctly as the HDD is set to the primary and 160GB shows up. The problem is when I try to boot off the cd to install XP I get the error message “strike F1 to retry” and it does nothing I even changed the cd drive and its still the same. Can any one help I really don’t know what to do…
Is there a problem with the HDD it has 40pin (ide)and 4 pin(jumper) and power
Thanks in Advance.. Liam
I recently got a dell optiplex gx270 from a friend with everything except a hdd.
I had a UPC/NTL/Chorus recorder box with a 160GB hdd inside so I put that in to the PC and connected it up and set the jumper 2 away from the ide cable. When I go into the BIOS I’m pretty sure that everything is set correctly as the HDD is set to the primary and 160GB shows up. The problem is when I try to boot off the cd to install XP I get the error message “strike F1 to retry” and it does nothing I even changed the cd drive and its still the same. Can any one help I really don’t know what to do…
Is there a problem with the HDD it has 40pin (ide)and 4 pin(jumper) and power
Thanks in Advance.. Liam
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Aug 24, 2009 at 08:47 AM
Aug 24, 2009 at 08:47 AM
have you set the cdrom as boot device.
you need to go into bios and set the boot order so that the cdrom is before the hdd.
you need to go into bios and set the boot order so that the cdrom is before the hdd.
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Aug 24, 2009 at 09:15 AM
Aug 24, 2009 at 09:15 AM
what you need to do is set the jumper on the hdd to master. normally the ones closest to the data cable - furthest from the power cable.
is this the only item on the cable?
set the hdd to master and any others to slave.
is this the only item on the cable?
set the hdd to master and any others to slave.
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Aug 24, 2009 at 09:59 AM
Aug 24, 2009 at 09:59 AM
I tried that even took the jumper off altogether still wont work :-(
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are we sure that the cd is infact bootable?
what happens if you disconnect the hdd and try booting the pc with the cd in the drive
what happens if you disconnect the hdd and try booting the pc with the cd in the drive
Aug 24, 2009 at 08:59 AM
ya this is how i have it det up I have the cd-rom as 1st
HDD as 2nd
Floopy 3rd
Liam
Aug 24, 2009 at 08:59 AM
ya this is how i have it det up I have the cd-rom as 1st
HDD as 2nd
Floopy 3rd
Liam