Error loading operating system - XP

[dylan007]

Hello there i was wondering if anyone can help me...

Yesterday i went to reinstall windows as i wanted to completely clear my computer.. everything was working perfectly before i done this..

so i booted the xp disk and deleted partitions and cleared everything.. i went to install windows xp again.. after the steps were done my computer restarted

Now it keeps coming up Press any key to boot from cd.......... Error loading operating system

BIOS is detecting my hard drive SATA

Attempts Made ----

Fix Mbr
Bootfix

I then tried to reinstall windows again but it keeps coming up the same error


Thanks very much i hope you can help

 

[WinXPert]

Try deleting all partitions and reformatting your HDD using GParted

then reinstall Windows

 

[gbhall]

Possibly still have the CD at the top of the boot order ?

 

[captaincranky]

Is it possible that there were SATA drivers installed in your old XP install. A SATA drive in the wrong mode would account for this error.

Boot into the BIOS and set your HDDs to "run as IDE". then try again.

A "drive scrubber" type utility such as "Darik's Boot and Nuke", will "zero out a HDD", getting rid of boot file remnants which can interfere with installing Windows.

Get "DBAN" here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/

Be aware that this file is an ".iso" file, and must be burned as an image.

Also be aware that this program will wipe every trace of information from the HDD. So, make sure that's what you want to do before you use it.

 

[akannitaoheed]

You probably disabled the hard drive as one of the bootable devices from the BIOS. Try check your BIOS settings.

 

[Brad Dinte]

What worked for me...

BootitNG v1.81: look at partition properties, BootitNG says

"Invalid Head and SPT values exist in the BPB. Fix it?"

Click "Yes".

Then write a MBR (eg FixMBR).

Will this eliminate the need to zeroise the HDD?

 

[gbhall]

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