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| Author: | derf [ Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Trouble With DVD Drive |
My original Dell DVD drive broke so I physically removed it and installed a different one. It works fine in Windows. I want to do a routine format of c: and reinstall Windows, so I insert the Windows Xp DVD, restart and wait to hit F8. Problem is it doesn't work. Since I installed the new DVD drive i get the following message during boot sequence: "Drive 2 not found: Parallel ATA, PATA 0 (PRI IDE Master). Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility." F1 brings me back into Windows, F2 brings me to the BIOS setup. So far, I can't figure out a way to boot from onboard cd drive in order to get to that windows setup menu. Any ideas? |
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| Author: | Satis [ Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:32 pm ] |
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that's odd... it's like your BIOS doesn't recognize the drive properly. I assume you set the boot sequence in BIOS to boot off the CD first. Looks like it may be time to think up an alternative. Either a new CD drive (heh), or if your BIOS supports it put XP on a thumbdrive and boot off that (you can find instructions online). Or you can copy the install media to the hard drive. |
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| Author: | derf [ Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:36 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yes, but some of the devices including the USB/Onboard CD drive are "not present". I may try and reinstall the broken drive while keeping the new one too, and see what happens from there. Maybe nothing. |
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