23-06-2006, 12:07 PM
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Recently my motherboard died and I have since had to replace it. When I turned it on I get this error, 'reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key' On start up it shows that my HDD is there, I inserted my WINXP CD, and it went straight into setup, where I can see the partition on the HDD. I can also access the BIOS and have changed the boot priority so that it loads off the HDD first, but it always goes back to a black screen with this error. Does anyone know how to fix it? |
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23-06-2006, 12:22 PM
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Try reinstalling Windows.
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23-06-2006, 12:26 PM
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in bios there's not only 1 "HDD", there are HDD-0, HDD-1 and so on. make sure you have chosen good one to bood
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23-06-2006, 12:26 PM
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I have reinstalled windows, but I just get the error again
It doesn't say HDD-0 or HDD-1, there is just the HDD number so I selected that |
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23-06-2006, 12:55 PM
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ok, this may sound "weird", but can you post your hardware specifications?
Is your computer recent or is it old? is the new motherboard similar to the old one? Does this new board recognizes your hdd? |
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23-06-2006, 01:20 PM
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My computer is abit old, but here you are...
Intel P4 2.4Ghz Socket 478 ASUS P4S800-MX SE Seagate IDE HDD - 120Gb 512Mb DDR 400Mhz NVIDIA GeForce 4200 Ti 64Mb Lite-On x4 DVD-RW (IDE) the old board just suddebly died and when I took it into the shop he just said it had died. The old board was GA-8IGML-T. When it starts up it says that my HDD is the Primary Master |
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23-06-2006, 02:19 PM
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Are there any remnants of the previous installation? Remember, that during installation, the os is set up to fit the basic hardware. When the basic hardware changes, some of the old os files are no longer valid.
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23-06-2006, 02:41 PM
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No other HDD's, right?
Is the HDD and DVD on the same IDE channel?
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23-06-2006, 02:44 PM
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I have managed to reformat the HDD, but it still isn't loading windows
It's just the one HDD, the HDD and the DVD are on seperate IDE cables |
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23-06-2006, 03:08 PM
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OK. Now reinstall Windows. Completely.
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