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

"JAD" wrote in message
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how old is the DVD rom? Many older format DVD-Roms did not support HPA


The DVD-ROM is about a year and a half old..............what is HPA?

host protected area

HPA is defined as a reserved area for data storage outside the normal
operating file system. This area is hidden from the operating system
and the file system, and is normally used for specialized
applications. Systems may wish to store configuration data or to save
memory to the hard disk drive device in a location that the operating
systems cannot change.

I believe this is the area of the disk that holds emulation or the
recognized area for performing a boot(source)


"David Mills" wrote in message
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"JAD" wrote in message
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how old is the DVD rom? Many older format DVD-Roms did not support
HPA


The DVD-ROM is about a year and a half old..............what is HPA?

"David Mills" wrote in message
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"JAD" wrote in message
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how old is the DVD rom? Many older format DVD-Roms did not
support HPA


The DVD-ROM is about a year and a half old..............what is
HPA?


Forget the HPA for now.
All you need to do is;
1) set the bios order to CDROM first
2) install a floppy drive temporarily
3) boot from the cd and press F6 when prompted to install drivers
4) put the sata driver floppy in and wait until it asks which
driver to load, this can take up to 5 minutes after you press F6,
so be prepared for the wait.
5) choose the correct driver / OS combination and that's it.
6) remove the floppy drive at your leisure.

For the moment you DO need a floppy to install WinXP onto sata, M$
will fix this annoying installation bug someday probably.

HTH

--
Ian

"Apollo" wrote in message

Forget the HPA for now.
All you need to do is;
1) set the bios order to CDROM first
2) install a floppy drive temporarily
3) boot from the cd and press F6 when prompted to install drivers
4) put the sata driver floppy in and wait until it asks which driver to
load, this can take up to 5 minutes after you press F6, so be prepared for
the wait.
5) choose the correct driver / OS combination and that's it.
6) remove the floppy drive at your leisure.

For the moment you DO need a floppy to install WinXP onto sata, M$ will
fix this annoying installation bug someday probably.

Cool, thanks for the step by step info.

"Apollo" wrote in message
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Apollo, it is not letting me boot from the CD, so I'm not sure if that is
going to work????

thus the reason NOT to IGNORE hpa...............I can say with as much
certainty as I can, without putting my hands on the rig, that your DVD
does not support booting.............common compatibility problem.


"David Mills" wrote in message
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"Apollo" wrote in message
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Apollo, it is not letting me boot from the CD, so I'm not sure if
that is
going to work????

When you set the bios to boot from cd rom you ARE saving this change to
cmos?

Some bios need to be set to CD ROM and NOT to the drive letter of the cd
rom!


"David Mills" wrote in message
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"Apollo" wrote in message
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Apollo, it is not letting me boot from the CD, so I'm not sure if that is
going to work????

Richard Dower wrote:
"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.



I agree, FDDs are stil important. On the rare occasion when you need
one, nothing else wll do - plus, they are cheap. IMHO there is no
excuse to exclude them.

But that's a separate issue.

Apollo wrote:

All you need to do is;
1) set the bios order to CDROM first
2) install a floppy drive temporarily
3) boot from the cd and press F6 when prompted to install drivers
4) put the sata driver floppy in and wait until it asks which
driver to load, this can take up to 5 minutes after you press F6,
so be prepared for the wait.
5) choose the correct driver / OS combination and that's it.
6) remove the floppy drive at your leisure.

For the moment you DO need a floppy to install WinXP onto sata, M$
will fix this annoying installation bug someday probably.

I concur

If the CD-ROM or equivalent won't allow itself to be used as a boot
device, then you are in a tough spot. You have to use a different one
to load XP.

This is a naughty thing to do, but you can buy a CD-ROM, use it to load
the OS, then return it to the store for your money back.

Better yet, if it works, keep it, cos you might need it again one day.