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ssdivot   08-17-2008 at 11:54:48 PM

Hi there!

I've put together my first home-built computer. I installed one SATA hard drive, and a CDROM drive, then installed Windows Vista 64bit, without trouble. I am now trying to install the second hard drive. It is a new drive, however I did stick it in my old computer and format it as a basic disk and did a clone of the stuff on the old computer (os was winnxp). When I hook it up in the new computer Windows will not boot at all. The drive is recognized in the BIOS and looks properly identifed there as far as I know. I have checked the boot sequence and it still lists the first hard drive and then the CDROM in the boot order. But when I continue from the BIOS to boot up nothing happens at all, just a black screen. I have tried swapping to different SATA ports etc with no change. The fact that it looks ok in the BIOS but yet windows won't boot has me confused. If I disconnect that drive and connect a third drive which I have out of my old computer, the computer and Windows boots up fine. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm about to tear my hair out! :). I feel I must be missing something obvious.

MB is PQ5Pro, 8 GB RAM, Vista 64 bit..all drives are SATA...anything other info needed just let me know..thanks in advance for any suggestions!

stephanie

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juvealert   08-18-2008 at 12:16:58 AM
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-Not sure If i understood well your problem-

I Think the problem is that u also copied the xp installation on the 2nd drive so the problem is that the system is trying to boot both systems i think (anyone correct me if I'm wrong)

Did u try to boot windows with the Hard disk containing Vista 64 only? and vice versa?

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geofelt   08-18-2008 at 02:48:20 AM
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32 bit and 64 bit don't mix. I think Vista-64 may be trying to load boot info from the cloned drive.
Instead of cloning the whole drive, reformat the new drive in your old pc, and copy your stuff to it .

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GhislainG   08-18-2008 at 02:53:27 AM
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What drive make/model is causing issues? For whateverv reason, it could be incompatible with your motherboard. Does the system boot if only that drive is connected? Having a different OS on two or more drives usually doesn't cause issues. I do that all the time to test various versions of Windows Server or VMware ESX/ESXi.

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Dahak   08-18-2008 at 03:02:22 AM
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Is your second drive with winxp on it an IDE drive?I have run across this problem when I tried to install a brand new IDE drive after installing windows on a sata drive.The bios will sometimes default to the IDE as a primary and the SATA as a secondary.If it is an IDE drive try pining it as a slave.If it's a SATA drive then it will be a bit more complicated.Goodluck.

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boomhowar   08-18-2008 at 03:06:58 AM
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"I have checked the boot sequence and it still lists the first hard drive and then the CDROM"

Does it just list "hard drive" or does it list the model number of the hard drive? Can you press enter and pull up a sub menu displaying both hard drives, cd rom, network, ect..? If so, can you verify that your hd with vista 64bit is selected?

Also, in the main section of your bios where all of your sata 1-6 ports are listed which devices fill up which slots?

If above doesn't work then can you format the extra drive with another machine? If not, you could remove your vista 64bit hd and leave in your old xp drive and boot with windows cd and format that way (restart your comp before reinstalling windows and then readjust hd's that way) --this would rule out any possible conflict with multiple os and bios.

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ssdivot   08-18-2008 at 07:00:55 AM
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Ok guys, I explained poorly. The stuff on the second drive is an image of the old system's operating system and such..it wasn't operable, I was going to restore the backup after I got it into the new computer...

Anyway it is fixed now but I'm not sure why. I used a different power plug off the psu and then it worked...don't really understand but all seems well now and thanks so much for your help!

stephanie

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