bought a new hard drive, got a version of winxp(x64) and installed. installed fine, then as i started to download data (patches for world of warcraft) i started getting the error "windows-nodisk" followed underneath by "exception processing message". after doing some google research, i think i found the problem, but it is beyond me how to solve it. my system storage device is labeled as (e and i for some reason have (c-removable disk showing up in my computer. i dont have any internal hd's or flash cards connected to my pc. my printer has slots for sd cards, but im not so sure thats the problem. i read that the most common issue is related to quicktime, but i didnt have quicktime installed on my comp. i went and installed the latest version of itunes/quicktime, and itunes says that installation failed and if i want to import cds i will need to reinstall. cdburnerxp also will not open, gives me the error "the application failed to initialize properly.
i read that i could try and rename my drive path to a different letter, but then states you cannot do this for your system storage device. i also read to try ms config and look for cetrain files in my startup and disable them, but i could not find any of the files they were talking about.
here is another strange thing....i was expecting to have to install all my drivers again (chipset, video card, audio, etc) with the new hard drive, but all my drivers were already installed besides the audio drivers.....(i obviously dont know alot about computers) i dont understand how that can be. does the motherboard have internal memory that will save all my drivers regardless of what hard drive i use? and if so, could it possibly have drivers on it for the old hard drive and thats why im getting this error? i didnt think you needed drivers for a hard drive, but ive already demonstrated how little i know >.< also, if this is the case, how would i go about rectifying this?
summary.....my system storage hd is labeled (e, i have a (c-removable disk that shouldnt be there, and any program related to my cd-r/dvd-r burner seems to not want to work.
im hoping for an answer that doesnt involve reformatting my hd, (WOW TAKES FOREVER TO DL!!!!) but hope in one hand, @h:t in the other, i suppose.
thanks in advance for the help.
i read that i could try and rename my drive path to a different letter, but then states you cannot do this for your system storage device. i also read to try ms config and look for cetrain files in my startup and disable them, but i could not find any of the files they were talking about.
here is another strange thing....i was expecting to have to install all my drivers again (chipset, video card, audio, etc) with the new hard drive, but all my drivers were already installed besides the audio drivers.....(i obviously dont know alot about computers) i dont understand how that can be. does the motherboard have internal memory that will save all my drivers regardless of what hard drive i use? and if so, could it possibly have drivers on it for the old hard drive and thats why im getting this error? i didnt think you needed drivers for a hard drive, but ive already demonstrated how little i know >.< also, if this is the case, how would i go about rectifying this?
summary.....my system storage hd is labeled (e, i have a (c-removable disk that shouldnt be there, and any program related to my cd-r/dvd-r burner seems to not want to work.
im hoping for an answer that doesnt involve reformatting my hd, (WOW TAKES FOREVER TO DL!!!!) but hope in one hand, @h:t in the other, i suppose.
thanks in advance for the help.