Problem booting... PLZ help!!!

[NotAFattyDotCom]

How come I need my boot up disk EVERYTIME I start my computer or else it won't boot??

I just installed a new motherboard and processor into it and reinstalled Windows.. Are there any solutions to this??

[unhappy_mage]

What do you mean by boot disk? Boot floppy? Do you have "boot sector protection" turned on in BIOS?

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[eth00]

Is the motherboard setup to boot from the hard disk? Make sure the boot order is setup correctly.

[NotAFattyDotCom]

Well if I set up to boot from hard disk it will say boot error, insert disk to boot from disk. And then I do and it will boot from hard drive. But it seems as if the drive is using the disk as a cruth to give it a boost or something??

[Klist]

This happend to me just last week, if it is a SATA drive you may have to disconnect any IDE drives you have connected and then reinstall windows on the SATA drive. For some reason it doesn't install some important part of the boot sector. I disconnected my 80 gig IDE drives reinstalled windows on the raptor then reconnected the 80's and everything was fine.

Hope this helps
Klist

[NotAFattyDotCom]

It's not a SATA Drive, just a typical Western Digital 160gig Hard drive...

[unhappy_mage]

What is the boot order set to in BIOS?

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[NotAFattyDotCom]

I had the boot order Floppy > Hard drive > CD-rom. But then I would need boot disk, then s switch to Cd-Rom first, and now it will say to boot from CD press any key, and then it owuld go . . . . and then boot right up. But that's the only way it will boot up to windows on the computer currently.

[Spike..]

i am currently having the same problem.... heres my setup
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D
AMD64 3200+ CPU (Winnie Core)
2Gb Branded PC3200 DDR RAM
200Gb Western Digital 7200rpm Hard Drive
250Gb Western Digital 7200rpm Hard Drive
Sony 16x DL DVD Writer (Black Facia)
Gigabyte ATI Radeon X800 256Mb PCI-e Video Card (fanless design with heatpipe)
Soundblaster Audigy Soundcard
SkyHawk MSR-4610 Aluminum Case (Brushed Aluminum)
Rosewill 450W Silent PSU
Thermalright XP90 HSF
Thermaltake Fan Controller

i have had the problem in the past with other computers, my normal solution is just to reformat and reinstall, though it is a pain in the a, and can take a couple reinstalls it has generally in my experiance fixed the prob.... gl to you and me