OpTiMuSpRiMe
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os installed on s-ata and p-ata not allowing boot to Os
hey guys i was at home last night and i was farting around with my system when i found a slew of bad registry entries some programs that would not delete..So i said to myself kill it all and start over. hence why i am starting this thread..
System Specs
P4EE 3.2ghz 2mb L3 cache
Asus P4P800-e Deluxe mobo
Radeon X850XT PE 256mb GPU
antec true power 600watt PSU
40gig pata
2x500gig S-ata no raid have backup server..
here in lies the the issue.. the 40gig had my main install of windows with nothing else on it so . booted to the Xp pro cd deleted the partition for windows and the diags for it and installed a 100 gig s-ata on the third s-ata controller to install windows on so it was faster..right now here is the issue that i am having. remember that i deleted the partition on the 40gig and formatted it.. when i go to install windows on the 100gig s-ata drive it tells me that there is no xp compatible partition on the drive and that it will have to write some of the setup files to the old 40 gig drive.. ( not right at all ) so yeah i am thinking what the heck.. the only way this would be happening is if the install is detecting a MBR on the 40gig...not possible thought from being formatted.so i unhook the 40gig drive and install windows just fine on the 100 gig s-ata drive with no error about having to write some setup files to the 40 gig pata drive that used to contain my image of windows. Now here is where it gets fun. i get all the way into windows Yeah...k install all drivers correctly update the bios. etc.... ok shut the system down to hook up the pata drive for backup of music files and some storage for hacker tools. no way i get this error that says reboot and try a proper boot device if not then insert boot disk and hit any key.. what the f@*$ i am saying..i am pissed at this time ( 2:00 am my time) work in 4 hours. k so i have tried every setting know to man in the bios and still no go..the only way i can boot to windows with the install on the s-ata drive is if the p-ata drive is not hooked up...
any help would be great guys...sorry about the novel here but thought you should know all i have done and tried
hey guys i was at home last night and i was farting around with my system when i found a slew of bad registry entries some programs that would not delete..So i said to myself kill it all and start over. hence why i am starting this thread..
System Specs
P4EE 3.2ghz 2mb L3 cache
Asus P4P800-e Deluxe mobo
Radeon X850XT PE 256mb GPU
antec true power 600watt PSU
40gig pata
2x500gig S-ata no raid have backup server..
here in lies the the issue.. the 40gig had my main install of windows with nothing else on it so . booted to the Xp pro cd deleted the partition for windows and the diags for it and installed a 100 gig s-ata on the third s-ata controller to install windows on so it was faster..right now here is the issue that i am having. remember that i deleted the partition on the 40gig and formatted it.. when i go to install windows on the 100gig s-ata drive it tells me that there is no xp compatible partition on the drive and that it will have to write some of the setup files to the old 40 gig drive.. ( not right at all ) so yeah i am thinking what the heck.. the only way this would be happening is if the install is detecting a MBR on the 40gig...not possible thought from being formatted.so i unhook the 40gig drive and install windows just fine on the 100 gig s-ata drive with no error about having to write some setup files to the 40 gig pata drive that used to contain my image of windows. Now here is where it gets fun. i get all the way into windows Yeah...k install all drivers correctly update the bios. etc.... ok shut the system down to hook up the pata drive for backup of music files and some storage for hacker tools. no way i get this error that says reboot and try a proper boot device if not then insert boot disk and hit any key.. what the f@*$ i am saying..i am pissed at this time ( 2:00 am my time) work in 4 hours. k so i have tried every setting know to man in the bios and still no go..the only way i can boot to windows with the install on the s-ata drive is if the p-ata drive is not hooked up...
any help would be great guys...sorry about the novel here but thought you should know all i have done and tried
