Hi
would appreciate some help in solving following boot problem
I have a computer with one old IDE HDD and two new SATA disks,
on one of the SATA disks I installed windows XP and the second SATA disk is used for storage purposes only.
I cleaned the old IDE HDD as I no longer need it, and I thought it was completely empty, but it seems not the case.
At the very beginning I must have made a mistake with the boot sequence as in order to get to the SATA HDD with the os on it I have to go through the IDE HDD
I hoped to have found the solution in getting rid of the IDE HDD, but when I did that I was no longer able to get to the SATA HDD, only when I connected the IDE HDD again could I load windows XP.
Then I decided to format the IDE HDD and reinstall Windows XP again, but in order to do so, Windows XP required a small part of the IDE HDD, so I was back to square one.
I guess my problems has to do with the Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.36 in BIOS, but I do not have enough knowledge to mess with the bios without guidance of more experienced computer users
hope one of you guys can help me out, before I turn to (expensive) PC doctors
thanks
Nick
computer system:
MOBO: MSI Platinium 975
CPU: Intel Core2 6400
2 SATA HDD 80 and 160
1 IDE HDD 40
would appreciate some help in solving following boot problem
I have a computer with one old IDE HDD and two new SATA disks,
on one of the SATA disks I installed windows XP and the second SATA disk is used for storage purposes only.
I cleaned the old IDE HDD as I no longer need it, and I thought it was completely empty, but it seems not the case.
At the very beginning I must have made a mistake with the boot sequence as in order to get to the SATA HDD with the os on it I have to go through the IDE HDD
I hoped to have found the solution in getting rid of the IDE HDD, but when I did that I was no longer able to get to the SATA HDD, only when I connected the IDE HDD again could I load windows XP.
Then I decided to format the IDE HDD and reinstall Windows XP again, but in order to do so, Windows XP required a small part of the IDE HDD, so I was back to square one.
I guess my problems has to do with the Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.36 in BIOS, but I do not have enough knowledge to mess with the bios without guidance of more experienced computer users
hope one of you guys can help me out, before I turn to (expensive) PC doctors
thanks
Nick
computer system:
MOBO: MSI Platinium 975
CPU: Intel Core2 6400
2 SATA HDD 80 and 160
1 IDE HDD 40