RE: [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot into XP

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know if it's relevant but I have had problems with some DVD
drives not reading my MS install DVD's (from the MS action pack installers)
- must be a DVD compatibility issue.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Steve Morgan
> Sent: 10 February 2009 00:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot
> into XP
>
> The boot failure from DVD is very suspicious, as it suggests that
> either
> it's not actually attempting to boot from the DVD or that the DVD
isn't
> actually a bootable disc (which as Vista install disc certainly should
> be).
>
> Did you get the message "Press any key to boot from the CD"?
(And if
> you
> did, did you press a key before the timeout period?)
>
> Are you sure that the DVD drive is included in the boot sequence list
> in the
> BIOS?
>
> I'd leave the HDD disconnected until you manage to get a successful
DVD
> boot. There could be all sorts of driver issues booting from the HDD
> until
> you've managed to either repair or re-install the OS over the top.
>
>
> Steve Morgan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Nigel Giddings
> Sent: 09 February 2009 18:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Change of Mother board now PC won't boot
> into XP
>
> Hi Thanks for the additional ideas.
>
>
>
> I have reset the BIOS and then reconfigured in the setup and this
> appears to be taken OK, show success during next boot cycle but still
> won't go beyond black screen immediately after DMI Pool Data message.
>
>
>
> I have also tried disconnecting SATA HD, disabling SATA in BIOS and
> booting from DVD using a good VISTA install DVD but I get the message
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK etc.
>
>
>
> FYI there are no PCI cards installed either, just the MoBo, FDD
> (currently disconnected), DVD/CD (Connected), and SATA HD (Currently
> disconnected), and 1 stick of RAM (1GB DDR2) which shows up OK during
> initial booting...
>
>
>
> Nigel
>
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