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damdirtyape   06-25-2006 at 06:54:54 PM

The system is newly build. The bios loads just fine and all the hardware is detected. I have the CD as the first device on the boot sequence.

When I load the installation disk it spins and then the message "insert boot media" is repeated forever

The only solution I can see is the take my old HDD which is IDE and boot using it, and then install XP to the new HDD. And I dont know if that would even work. Any help you can give would help.

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g-paw   06-26-2006 at 12:57:57 AM
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If I remember correctly, you have to press the F12 key when booting. A friend of mine ran into a similar problem. It sould be another F key not certain

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sturm   06-27-2006 at 09:05:46 PM
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Either the cd is not bootable or the bios isnt holding. Try pressing F2 at the first bios screen. This works for many oems - Dell, HP, etc. Homebuilds I am not sure of.
Double check the bios and you might even set the cd-rom as the only boot device if needed. Just remember youll need to set the hard drive as first boot once windows is loaded.

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choknuti   06-28-2006 at 12:32:39 PM
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Either the cd is not bootable or the bios isnt holding. Try pressing F2 at the first bios screen. This works for many oems - Dell, HP, etc. Homebuilds I am not sure of.




Some require that you press the DEL key

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coldmast   05-10-2007 at 10:31:36 PM
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It's best to look on the manufacturer's site for which key to hold; OR for OEM machine look in the motherboard book.

Is it SP2?

you might need a floppy to load the SATA drivers?
Internet > Hard Drive manufacturer > SATA driver for your hard drive

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sturm   05-12-2007 at 04:46:49 AM
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Uhhh coldmast!

This post is almost a year old. I know your new so I will take it easy on you, some others wont be so nice.

Please check the origional date before you post. Anything over a month without a response is a dead post.

Thanks and welcome to the board.

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coldmast   05-15-2007 at 10:23:43 PM
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I'm just going around responding to dead threads so I can get My ultra-cool Avatar up and going

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edklite   05-15-2007 at 10:43:35 PM
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I'm just going around responding to dead threads so I can get My ultra-cool Avatar up and going

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



what makes you think they gonna let you spam and not ban you? what kind of an idiot ruins their respect for a stupid avatar?

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coldmast   05-16-2007 at 12:02:36 AM
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But see, now I have you summiting to dead threads as well,
iconic justice will be mine.

and it isn't spam,

BTW don't you have better things to do then flame noobs.

I've been a Toms reader for over 5 years.
any because I send in a couple post, people get all hot and bothered.

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