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Halen5150

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16. March 2007 @ 16:56

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Well; I have my boot device setup listed as booting from the cd/dvd drive; but after displaying the 'msi' boot screen; now when I have my Windows XP Pro SP2 disc in the drive and I try to boot from it; it says this: 'Error Booting from CD/DVD Device...Press Any Key to Reboot'....

..Well; after 'pressing any key' ; it just restarts and keeps bringing me to that screen.

Do I have a faulty drive or what do you guys think?

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ddp

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16. March 2007 @ 18:12

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is the disk bootable? have you tried it in another pc to see if does same thing?

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Halen5150

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16. March 2007 @ 19:33

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Well See; that's the thing. There's no way it isn't bootable because I've already done that on an old computer and it was able to recognize the disc perfectly.

Also; I do in fact have my boot sequence right and everything; and when you put in the disc; the LED on the drive lights up and you can hear it spinning and everything. So I'm really puzzled as to why it says there's an error @ boot-up.

Also; I've done this using both of the IDE connectors on my motherboard--IDE1 and IDE2.....and I still get an error....

but; I am doubting that my mobo is the problem; because it's recognizing the drive right and everything......

...so; tommorrow I will be switching out the IDE cable to see if that makes a difference.

..If you have any other ideas; please let me know.

P.s. Here's my new build's specs:

AMD Athlon 3200+ Proc. [AM2]
1gb OCZ XTC Platinum DDR2 800mhz
Ultra V Series 500W psu
Seagate 7200rpm 80gb hdd
LG 18x super multi dvd burner
MSI K9N4 SLI-F Mobo
nVidia Geforce 7600GT gfx card
standard rosewill atx case

--Thanx;
Halen5150

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ddp

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16. March 2007 @ 19:35

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try another rom drive to see what happens.

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Halen5150

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16. March 2007 @ 19:53

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ehhh....

I did that too...and it didn't go so well either--I got the same error.

..And I also used the same IDE cable each time; so tommorrow I'm gonna change them out to see if it makes any difference; but personally I don't think the cable's is what's causing the error.

I have yet to find out the real cause.....

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Halen5150

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16. March 2007 @ 20:24

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UPDATE:::: It turns out that your were right.lol..[stupid me...xD]

the disc that I had obviously was a bad one; because I downloaded a version of Debian Live; and it was able to run the live OS smooth as butter.

THANKS DDP!!! You're God!!!LOL!!

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ddp

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17. March 2007 @ 07:44

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no problem, teach & learn

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