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Infinite · 01-27-2008, 08:05 PM

Well... I obviously made a big mistake somewhere. Here's how it happened:

I built a new computer for a relative, and wanted to keep their old hard drive (IDE), and give them a new one also (Sata).

I proceeded and installed windows XP pro on the new harddrive (partition D: ). This led me to have a dual boot menu - one for xp one for home (from the old drive). So I booted into the XP pro and transferred over all the required files from the old harddrive.

Then I must have made a huge mistake; I put in the windows XP cd, went and deleted the partition that had windows xp home on it (the C: drive). Rebooted and:

DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

So I went into BIOS and made sure the harddrive was first to boot from. I also made sure that the win XP harddrive was set first in the harddrive priority section.

But still nothing.

I even unplugged the old hd, and then the cd rom drive, and still get that disk failure message.

Did I screw up bad? I know the data is still there on the harddrive but I don't know what to do, I don't have a backup of what's on it.

System specs:

Gigabyte S3H 690G mobo
WD 2500KS 250 gb hd (sata)
WD 80 gb hd (ide)
athlon x2 4200+
and ram

Help!

01-27-2008, 08:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Infinite Newb Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 49	Disk Boot Failure Well... I obviously made a big mistake somewhere. Here's how it happened: I built a new computer for a relative, and wanted to keep their old hard drive (IDE), and give them a new one also (Sata). I proceeded and installed windows XP pro on the new harddrive (partition D: ). This led me to have a dual boot menu - one for xp one for home (from the old drive). So I booted into the XP pro and transferred over all the required files from the old harddrive. Then I must have made a huge mistake; I put in the windows XP cd, went and deleted the partition that had windows xp home on it (the C: drive). Rebooted and: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER So I went into BIOS and made sure the harddrive was first to boot from. I also made sure that the win XP harddrive was set first in the harddrive priority section. But still nothing. I even unplugged the old hd, and then the cd rom drive, and still get that disk failure message. Did I screw up bad? I know the data is still there on the harddrive but I don't know what to do, I don't have a backup of what's on it. System specs: Gigabyte S3H 690G mobo WD 2500KS 250 gb hd (sata) WD 80 gb hd (ide) athlon x2 4200+ and ram Help!