Unable to boot CD-ROM

I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into a
Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
machine stalls.

My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result. I
had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else to
try.

TIA,
- Dave Kistner

David Kistner wrote:
I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into a
Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
machine stalls.

My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result. I
had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else to
try.

TIA,
- Dave Kistner


What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon? On
different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!

Ari

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spodosaurus wrote:

David Kistner wrote:

I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into
a Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
machine stalls.

My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result.
I had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else
to try.

TIA,
- Dave Kistner


What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon? On
different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!

Ari

The IDE-1 has a two hard drives jumpered master/slave. IDE-2 has a CDRW
as Master and a DVD drive as slave. The bios recognizes everything
properly also. I just pulled both ROM's and checked the jumpers and
they're correct. I'm stumped.

- Dave Kistner

"David Kistner" wrote in message
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| spodosaurus wrote:
|
| David Kistner wrote:
|
| I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into
| a Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
| message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
| machine stalls.
|
| My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
| CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result.
| I had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
| didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else
| to try.
|
| TIA,
| - Dave Kistner
|
|
| What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon? On
| different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!
|
| Ari
|
| The IDE-1 has a two hard drives jumpered master/slave. IDE-2 has a CDRW
| as Master and a DVD drive as slave. The bios recognizes everything
| properly also. I just pulled both ROM's and checked the jumpers and
| they're correct. I'm stumped.
|
| - Dave Kistner
|

Do you have another bootable CD to try?

Bishoop said this...
Do you have another bootable CD to try?


Also, I'd try temporarily unplugging the slaves on both channels. Just in
case there's some conflict there.

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Bishoop wrote:
"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
| spodosaurus wrote:
|
| David Kistner wrote:
|
| I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into
| a Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
| message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
| machine stalls.
|
| My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
| CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result.
| I had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
| didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else
| to try.
|
| TIA,
| - Dave Kistner
|
|
| What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon? On
| different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!
|
| Ari
|
| The IDE-1 has a two hard drives jumpered master/slave. IDE-2 has a CDRW
| as Master and a DVD drive as slave. The bios recognizes everything
| properly also. I just pulled both ROM's and checked the jumpers and
| they're correct. I'm stumped.
|
| - Dave Kistner
|

Do you have another bootable CD to try?


I tried another bootable CD. A Windows 98 CD. Same failure.

Groove wrote:

Bishoop said this...

Do you have another bootable CD to try?



Also, I'd try temporarily unplugging the slaves on both channels. Just in
case there's some conflict there.


I tried that and still no luck.

I had the problem of not being able to boot from the CD-ROM with the Abit
KT7 that I use with the bios that came with it 3 years ago. Even though it
was supposed to be able to start an OS from the CD-ROM it wouldn't. However,
when I flashed it with the latest bios happiness followed.
So, check to see if you have the latest bios for your mb and if not give
it a flash. You may be just as surprised as I was.

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Jan Alter

"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
Bishoop wrote:
"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
| spodosaurus wrote:
|
| David Kistner wrote:
|
| I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot
into
| a Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get
the
| message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when
the
| machine stalls.
|
| My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes
my
| CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same
result.
| I had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but
that
| didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what
else
| to try.
|
| TIA,
| - Dave Kistner
|
|
| What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon?
On
| different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!
|
| Ari
|
| The IDE-1 has a two hard drives jumpered master/slave. IDE-2 has a
CDRW
| as Master and a DVD drive as slave. The bios recognizes everything
| properly also. I just pulled both ROM's and checked the jumpers and
| they're correct. I'm stumped.
|
| - Dave Kistner
|

Do you have another bootable CD to try?


I tried another bootable CD. A Windows 98 CD. Same failure.

It sounds like the IDE controller on your motherboard may have failed. That
would explain why the harddrive and the CD-ROM didn't work.

--
DaveW



"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot into a
Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get the
message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when the
machine stalls.

My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes my
CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same result. I
had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but that
didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what else to
try.

TIA,
- Dave Kistner

just a thought but try to boot from a floppy with cd drivers and install XP
from there...

AMD'r

"David Kistner" wrote in message
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Bishoop wrote:
"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
| spodosaurus wrote:
|
| David Kistner wrote:
|
| I had a hard drive fail and when I replaced it and tried to boot
into
| a Windows XP CD-ROM to install Windows the machine stalls. I get
the
| message "Searching for Boot Record from CDROM.." and that's when
the
| machine stalls.
|
| My bios has CD-ROM as the primary boot device. My bios recognizes
my
| CD-ROM. I swapped out the CD-ROM with another one, but same
result.
| I had a new IDE cable around and swapped it into the machine, but
that
| didn't help. Could it be my motherboard? I can't think of what
else
| to try.
|
| TIA,
| - Dave Kistner
|
|
| What's your IDE configuration? HDD and CDROM on the same ribbon?
On
| different ribbons? Triple check the jumpers!
|
| Ari
|
| The IDE-1 has a two hard drives jumpered master/slave. IDE-2 has a
CDRW
| as Master and a DVD drive as slave. The bios recognizes everything
| properly also. I just pulled both ROM's and checked the jumpers and
| they're correct. I'm stumped.
|
| - Dave Kistner
|

Do you have another bootable CD to try?


I tried another bootable CD. A Windows 98 CD. Same failure.