Sata h/drive with ide dvd drive, cant boot

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trecker - Jan 1, 2010 at 09:15 PM
trecker - Jan 1, 2010 at 09:43 PM

Hello,
Im using a [ sata hard drive] and have [ ide] [ dvd] drive and the hard drive was detected as third master and the dvd drive as primary [ slave] yet it says reboot and select proper boot devise i dont know the problem

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xpcman

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Jan 1, 2010 at 09:30 PM

I would go into the BIOS and change the "boot order" so that the hard disk is at the top of the list.

Good Luck

trecker
Jan 1, 2010 at 09:43 PM

the hard drive is new and i want to install windows xp but i cant go past the booting stage

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