how do i get windows xp installed after i am in bios?

[inspecter71]

how do i get windows xp installed after i am in bios i am having another problem here please help thank you.

 

[thepinkpanther]

in the bios boot priority make sure the cd is first, put in the windows cd and the install should guide itself

 

[inspecter71]

i suck at this i have came this far but am dumb founded when it comes to the bios , i still cant boot up my windows xp disk , i need to be walked through this with someone like a child sorryguys i am so close though.i tried what you said mrsbytch and still no luck. grrrrrrrrrr

 

[inspecter71]

i tried that to pink and no luck it is dettecting my hp disk drive though i dont know what the problem is.

 

[inspecter71]

disk is in and all i am getting is this- client mac addr: 00 04 4b 06 4f 5c guid; o5808080-4b04-ooo-0680- 80804b04
dhcp...........
dam this is frustrating me

 

[rodney_ws]

Your PC is attempting to boot from a network server... that is a likely indication that your optical drive has not been properly detected by the BIOS. Hang in there... you'll get it to work.

 

[inspecter71]

rodney any more suggestions as i keep trying becuase it keeps doing the same thing.

 

[inspecter71]

would it help if i disconnect my internet connection while i try to install windows xp?

 

[jitpublisher]

What is your motherboard? I'll download the manual and try to walk you through the basic BIOS settings to make sure everything is set correctly.

 

[jitpublisher]

What kind of cd/dvd drive do you have?
Is is an IDE drive, is it the only IDE drive in the system, do you have the jumpers set correctly on the drive to master/slave?

 

[inspecter71]

ok my board is a bfg nvidia 650i ultra and my cd/dvd drive is a hp dvd1040 and yes my connetion cable are in good, i really need this help thanks jitpublisher

 

[inspecter71]

no 9i have to ide drives going and it says only the slave is working, my master says none, so i have beenusing the slave of course

 

[inspecter71]

jitpublisher you still around??????

 

[jitpublisher]

Under "Advanced BIOS Features", what do you have set for:
Hard Disk Boot Priority-
Network Boot Priority-
First Boot Device-
Second Boot Device-
Third Boot Device-
Boot Other Device-

 

[jitpublisher]

Yeah still here, but I have to leave in about 30 minutes, hopefully it's just something that has been overlooked and you can get going pretty quick.

 

[inspecter71]

k i have it like this thus far.
hard disk boot priority is not set yet
network boot priority is not set yet
first boot device-cdrom
second boot device-hard disk
third boot device is-hard disk

tell me the proper setting and i will set them if these are incorrect ok?

 

[jitpublisher]

These look to be correct....Go ahead and set your hard drive boot priority to the drive you have installed.
Under the standard CMOS features screen, are all your drives being detected and displayed correctly?
You had mentioned that one of your Optical DVD/CD drives was not being detected or displayed...you do have them both on the same cable I am assuming, as there is only 1 IDE drive cable in the system. How is your harddrive connected, I am assuming it is an
SATA drive correct?

 

[inspecter71]

yes they are both connected to the same cable my dvd's and my hard drive is a sata.

 

[inspecter71]

i still cant get that dvd on the master going yet it says none still on the standard cmos features screen

 

[jitpublisher]

Are the jumpers on the 2 optical drives set correctly...1 has to be set to "master" and one has to be set to "slave". "Cable select" should work, but sometimes for whatever reason with some drives it just won't.

 

[inspecter71]

Dam it keeps saying disk boot failure.

 

[inspecter71]

let me recheck myjumpers and maybe switch them hold on. hey thanks for helping

 

[jitpublisher]

No problem, this has got to be something simple.... hopefully there is nothing wrong with a piece of your hardware. Maybe just take one of the drives out, and set the remaining one to master and try that.

I forgot to ask, what is the "removable device priority" set to?

 

[inspecter71]

if one of the drives is not working properly could this be the reason why i cant install windows?

 

[jitpublisher]

It could be....try unhooking 1 of them, set the other master, and try with only 1 optical for now.