Built my first computer, it will not boot up though?

Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the problem?
Everyone is telling me that I need to install my Sata Drivers for my new
harddrive, but I can't install them because I can't get to the cd. I did
not install a floppy drive in this computer because I was told by numerous
people that I would not need one. I have a DVD-ROM drive as my only IDE
device and it is set to master. I then have my SATA harddrive installed.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

Thanks for any ideas.

David Mills wrote:

Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the problem?
Everyone is telling me that I need to install my Sata Drivers for my new
harddrive, but I can't install them because I can't get to the cd. I did
not install a floppy drive in this computer because I was told by numerous
people that I would not need one. I have a DVD-ROM drive as my only IDE
device and it is set to master. I then have my SATA harddrive installed.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

Thanks for any ideas.



You need the SATA drivers on a floppy disk. Perhaps someday Microsoft
will change this, but for now, it's the only way.

I'd also say you have the boot order wrong and the BIOS configured
incorectly. There are numerous options for the IDE and SATA drives, RAID and
non RAID, the Sil3114 controller etc.

Most problems arise from user error and people not knowing what they are
doing, thus i suggest you read and research and play with every BIOS option
until you learn what each one does and how to set things up correctly +
creating a floppy disc for the F6 option to install Windows.

It's shocking to me just how many people don't know about this or how to do
it, soemtimes it is good DELL build PC's.


"David Mills" wrote in message
...
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the problem?
Everyone is telling me that I need to install my Sata Drivers for my new
harddrive, but I can't install them because I can't get to the cd. I did
not install a floppy drive in this computer because I was told by numerous
people that I would not need one. I have a DVD-ROM drive as my only IDE
device and it is set to master. I then have my SATA harddrive installed.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

Thanks for any ideas.

David Mills wrote:
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the problem?

Go into Setup/BIOS and set your PC to boot to the CD first.
Reboot with the XP CD in place.

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
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David Mills wrote:
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it
on it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that
came with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with
that express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled
Drive, Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the
problem?

Go into Setup/BIOS and set your PC to boot to the CD first.
Reboot with the XP CD in place.

I'm really just butting in here but if a floppy is required will a USB FDD
work? I only ask because I tried updating the BIOS of my mobo and because
the BIOS doesn't give an option to boot from a USB FDD I was stuck.

TIA

BillL

"BillL" wrote in message
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I'm really just butting in here but if a floppy is required will a USB FDD
work? I only ask because I tried updating the BIOS of my mobo and because
the BIOS doesn't give an option to boot from a USB FDD I was stuck.

So get a floppy, they only cost £8...despite what people may have heard
floppy's do have alot of life left in them and are nesscary.

more shocking that you cant read, he needs sata drivers

"Richard Dower" wrote in message
...
I'd also say you have the boot order wrong and the BIOS configured
incorectly. There are numerous options for the IDE and SATA drives, RAID
and
non RAID, the Sil3114 controller etc.

Most problems arise from user error and people not knowing what they are
doing, thus i suggest you read and research and play with every BIOS
option
until you learn what each one does and how to set things up correctly +
creating a floppy disc for the F6 option to install Windows.

It's shocking to me just how many people don't know about this or how to
do
it, soemtimes it is good DELL build PC's.


"David Mills" wrote in message
...
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it
on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that
came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the
problem?
Everyone is telling me that I need to install my Sata Drivers for my new
harddrive, but I can't install them because I can't get to the cd. I
did
not install a floppy drive in this computer because I was told by
numerous
people that I would not need one. I have a DVD-ROM drive as my only IDE
device and it is set to master. I then have my SATA harddrive
installed.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

Thanks for any ideas.

this will load the sata drivers from the floppy?

"ToolPackinMama" wrote in message
...
David Mills wrote:
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn it
on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd that
came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the
problem?

Go into Setup/BIOS and set your PC to boot to the CD first.
Reboot with the XP CD in place.

It's shocking to me just how many people don't know about this or how to do
it, soemtimes it is good DELL build PC's.


I say 10/10 for giving it a try and wanting to learn. We all had to
learn somewhere and surely even you don't know EVERYTHING there is to
know about building a PC.

Dan

how old is the DVD rom? Many older format DVD-Roms did not support HPA

"David Mills" wrote in message
...
Hello, I recently built a brand new computer using Gigabyte's
GA-K8NF-9
motherboard. I have everything installed correctly, but when I turn
it on
it says "Boot From CD". So I put in my XP cd and/or my driver cd
that came
with the motherboard and it doesn't work. I then try booting with
that
express recovery utility and it comes up and says "No HPA Enabled
Drive,
Press Any Key To Boot". Do you have any ideas what could be the
problem?
Everyone is telling me that I need to install my Sata Drivers for my
new
harddrive, but I can't install them because I can't get to the cd.
I did
not install a floppy drive in this computer because I was told by
numerous
people that I would not need one. I have a DVD-ROM drive as my only
IDE
device and it is set to master. I then have my SATA harddrive
installed.
Does anyone have any ideas what could be the problem?

Thanks for any ideas.