Boot Failure & Dynamic Disk Problem
January 2nd, 2014
I have just built a machine but having problems getting a operating system onto it. I have got 1x sata hdd and 1x ata hdd
I am wanting to install either win7 or xp these are the only 2 i have lol
I have first tried to install onto the ata hdd, the bios picks up both hdd and dvd drive correctly then when i try to boot anything (have tried booting various other disks partitioning tools ect. aswell as os disks both cd and dvd) i get the error “Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter”
i then tried to install to the sata hdd, again all ok in bios, with the ata drive connected i get the same error BUT when i remove the ata it will boot any disk no problems BUT the sata drive is set to Dynamic so i cant do anything with it at all.
I have tried 2 different ata drives (so 3 in total) and all worked in other systems but all give me the boot failure error.
ive tried resetting cmos using the jumper and battery method, the dvd drive is ata and both dvd drive and hdd both running on the 1 cable as theres only one on the board. ive checked jumper settings and tried cable select too.
Anyone any clues????? could it have something to do with running both dvd and hdd on the same one?? because it boots fine with the sata. OR anyone know how i could change the sata from dynamic to basic without having to boot into windows?? would reeeely prefer not to format the sata but if thats the only option then i will
Having a hard time understanding our post, very messy.
But you need to install your optical drive, and your hard drive, then go into the BIOS settings, set it to boot from CD first, put your windows installation disk in, reboot, and when it says “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD…” you need to press any key. Then your computer should boot into the install where you can continue to install windows on your hard drive.
yeah sorry i have dislexia find it hard to write and wanted to cover as much info as possible.
i have done that but i get the error “Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter”. i have checked the bios and it detects both dvd drive and hard drive as it should. I have also tried replacing the dvd drive and hard drive. I have checked that its set to boot from dvd 1st, hard drive 2nd and removable 3rd. I can hovever get it to boot from dvd without the error if i use the sata hard drive but i cant install to the sata hard drive because its set to dynamic.