Disk Boot Failure, Instert System Disk and Press Enter

[kimsland]

Argh!

Is that an addon Video Card?
Do you have onboard Video too?
If so remove the Addon Video card (one screw, then there may be a clip, or push clip thingy at the end of the card)
Then plug the Monitor in the onboard Video connection

 

[JohnVace]

Argh!

Is that an addon Video Card?
Do you have onboard Video too?
If so remove the Addon Video card (one screw, then there may be a clip, or push clip thingy at the end of the card)
Then plug the Monitor in the onboard Video connection

No, just the one. But it's ok I got the monitor back online, I have some kind of physical connection issue with the monitor cables... really hard to get it back on but I got it. Now just back to the blank windows screen.

 

[kimsland]

Now just back to the blank windows screen

Ok so lets refresh

New HardDrive
Put Windows CD in
Boot Up
System Freeze, or it can't find disk message

Tried Reset CMOS?
Tried Cabling. (Replace?)

Actually what else, because this thread is big

 

[JohnVace]

Ok so lets refresh

New HardDrive
Put Windows CD in
Boot Up
System Freeze, or it can't find disk message

Tried Reset CMOS?
Tried Cabling. (Replace?)

Actually what else, because this thread is big

Ok, update to the window thing. I let it sit for about 7 minutes now and the page finally loaded the options. Seems like I was just being hasty because I was use to them popping up immidiately. Right now I'm at a 'Please Wait...' message, so I'm waiting for that to do something so I can try and set up windows on this hard drive.

 

[kimsland]

7 minutes

Well that looks more and more like a CPU fault

 

[JohnVace]

Well that looks more and more like a CPU fault

Hmmm... so you think there is something wrong with my CPU... how am I suppose to fix that?

Also, I'm further than I've been before in installing windows now. It actually detected drivers and is in the process of installing as we speak, albeit very slowly.

 

[kimsland]

We shall wait ...

 

[JohnVace]

Aha! It seems to be working now. I have to re-install the drivers to get everything looking pretty again but I think it's ok now. Now... is there any way I can retrieve/fix my other hard drives or do I need to just let those go?