ajtyeh Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" I had my dvd drive installed and my 1 sata drive installed when i booted windows xp w/sp 2 and went through the format process and the install of the windows. After windows was installed it rebooted. then i got the nasty error. .... "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" I have reset MB bios, problem persists. I have unplugged everything but the hard drive, problem persists. I have tried almost everything. Please help. a fellow gaming enthusiast having problems if anyone has the heart please either respond rsvp or call 240-426-5412 and ask for albert. Thanks -AJTYEH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBriggs Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Do you have a floppy inserted? Check your Boot options in the BIOS. First HDD than CDROM than Floppy... Is it starting from CD after all? Greets... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasaki 1 Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 If you have all HDD's connected, just connect the HDD you will place your OS or change the HDD setup in bios to where your OS HDD is the 1st in the order of all your HDD's. This is not the boot sequence, but the actual sequence the HDD's show in the system. Once that has been done, then set your boot device priority. I have mine set to HDD then CD/DVD-ROM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajtyeh Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 My boot order HDD first and everythign else is disabled and the other 2 120gb harddrives are not even plugged in. only my 36gig raptor. dvd burner is unplugged floppy is unplugged 2x120gb is unplugged I am still getting the same problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasaki 1 Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Do you have the PHY SATA ports enabled in BIOS? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajtyeh Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 which menu/ number is that option or whats it called? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasaki 1 Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 I think it is under advanced bios Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajtyeh Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 everything is enabled... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmf Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 If you don't have a floppy in the fdd then quit screwing around and do another install. If that don't work then come back. I bet you coulda installed 4 times trying to work this out. From what you've done and your setup you shouldn't be having this problem. Ianstaal with just your dvd and hdd on. No usb devices should be hooked up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_vandyl Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 yeah i am having some serious issues with this myself, i get the same thing, i have 2 hitachis in raid 0, when i booted initially it wanted to install windows again..then i removed the cd from the burner when i press escape to enter boot order it lists my raid and another hd, that has nothing on it, so i disabled the floppy and the empty hd...does the NF4 have issues with installing an OS on Raid0? So now i have just the Raid listed under boot devices, as well as in the BIOS boot order, and i still get this message, i had windows installed last night and running, turned it off and now this.......again, i have installed about 15 instances (not an exaggeration) of WinXp on this thing, I tried doing a Nlite unattended version several times, and now about 4 regular installs....every time it's something new...hal.dll is corrupted, boot disk failure..it's a new CD... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmf Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 Don't just disable the drive in bios. Physically disconnect the power and data cable. Well..at least the data cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_vandyl Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 they aren't connected in any way.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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