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2 CD's won't boot
I cannot get my comp. to boot when I install the second CD. Worked fine when
I put it together, frigged around with it, now I can see both CD's in the BIOS but when XP starts to load, It just hangs at the opening screen for XP. Both CD's will work when installed alone. I have tried master/ slave, cable select, master/CS. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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"Noboddie" said in :
I cannot get my comp. to boot when I install the second CD. Worked fine when I put it together, frigged around with it, now I can see both CD's in the BIOS but when XP starts to load, It just hangs at the opening screen for XP. Both CD's will work when installed alone. I have tried master/ slave, cable select, master/CS. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Hmm, I got the OEM version of Windows XP. It only has one CD from which all of Windows XP gets installed (or repaired). If you have the retail version, does it come with a 2nd CD? If so, what's on the 2nd CD? Since all of Windows XP fits onto a single CD, I'm wondering what is on your 2nd CD. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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"*Vanguard*" wrote in message news:N4KPb.119044$I06.901263@attbi_s01... | "Noboddie" said in : | I cannot get my comp. to boot when I install the second CD. Worked | fine when I put it together, frigged around with it, now I can see | both CD's in the BIOS but when XP starts to load, It just hangs at | the opening screen for XP. Both CD's will work when installed alone. | I have tried master/ slave, cable select, master/CS. Any ideas would | be greatly appreciated. | Thanks | | Hmm, I got the OEM version of Windows XP. It only has one CD from which all | of Windows XP gets installed (or repaired). If you have the retail version, | does it come with a 2nd CD? If so, what's on the 2nd CD? Since all of | Windows XP fits onto a single CD, I'm wondering what is on your 2nd CD. | | -- | __________________________________________________ __________ | *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** | __________________________________________________ __________ | | Er, he's got two physical cd drives... |
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"nil spam" said in :
"*Vanguard*" wrote in message news:N4KPb.119044$I06.901263@attbi_s01... "Noboddie" said in : I cannot get my comp. to boot when I install the second CD. Worked fine when I put it together, frigged around with it, now I can see both CD's in the BIOS but when XP starts to load, It just hangs at the opening screen for XP. Both CD's will work when installed alone. I have tried master/ slave, cable select, master/CS. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Hmm, I got the OEM version of Windows XP. It only has one CD from which all of Windows XP gets installed (or repaired). If you have the retail version, does it come with a 2nd CD? If so, what's on the 2nd CD? Since all of Windows XP fits onto a single CD, I'm wondering what is on your 2nd CD. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ Er, he's got two physical cd drives... CD = Compact Disc (and is not a drive). It did sound funny that the BIOS could detect the 2nd CD (i.e., when 2nd CD was in a drive). Guess I'd first try to see if Windows XP will boot into Safe Mode. Don't know why, but sometimes getting Windows to boot into Safe Mode seems to kick the hardware check in the butt so a subsequent normal boot will work. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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| CD = Compact Disc (and is not a drive). It did sound funny that the BIOS | could detect the 2nd CD (i.e., when 2nd CD was in a drive). | Anyone with a bit of common sense would, from his mention of master/slave/cs settings, conclude that it's a cd drive issue. |
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"nil spam" said in :
CD = Compact Disc (and is not a drive). It did sound funny that the BIOS could detect the 2nd CD (i.e., when 2nd CD was in a drive). Anyone with a bit of common sense would, from his mention of master/slave/cs settings, conclude that it's a cd drive issue. Guess you haven't heard about the user that tried to send a fax by running the software and holding the document against their monitor. Or the user that complained about the erratic mouse movement because they never removed the bubble wrap from it. Or the user that calls in to report their system suddenly went dead and cannot get anything on the screen, you tell them to check the power cables, they report they cannot see them because it is too dark, you say to turn on the lights, and then they tell you there is a power outage and it's dark in their office (and you wonder why they think the computer will still run [which has no UPS]). There's nothing to indicate that this wasn't tryig to insert a 2nd CD, it didn't read or work as expected, and this user started changing a bunch of hardware setup to see what might get the CD (compact disk) to work. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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