"Boot From Atapi CD-ROM" After Reformat

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Mikesta

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Well, I FINALLY go to the Windows XP setup and I did the installation then it says complete with windows installation to ms-dos or whatever then it asks me to reboot.. I reboot then Boot From Atapi CD-ROM comes up and my cd-rom starts to run for a few seconds then dies down. I tried 3 different cd-rom drives, 2 different ide cables, I checked my bios and it has cd-rom has 1st device to boot up..

What the hell is up? It seems like everytime I get closer to having my main rig up sometime pops up.
 
the actual Drive dies down? and when U reboot it work for few sec again? is that correct
 
Well it doesnt literally die it just slows down to a halt after a few seconds of running full blast. Im talking about the CD-ROM drive. My hard drive kinda makes noise like its loading something but i highly doubt anything is loading.

Any ideas? I need my main rig up sooo bad lol.
 
... you already have windows installed? .. hmm.. usually the drives spins for a few to check the disk, then stops, unless system disk.. interesting, or maybe just not enough info... or both..
(power connector to drive is ok?)

well, I tried...
 
mine did that a couple weeks ago when i re installed windows on a blank hard drive running from an Ultimate Boot CD (PE Loader)... My suggestion is this... I ended up installing a copy of Windows Me (sigh) absolute minimum to a directory on the C: Drive c:\winme. Then I ran the XP install new installation complete to c:\windows. Updated drive to NTFS and deleted old winme directory after install. Same windows install just a round about way of doing it. But it worked. Sorry if that's not the answer you were looking for though. I got frustrated after running win xp install then it rebooting to nothing. Then having to do it all over again. This was a process of like 6 or 7 times before I gave up.
 
for the second part of the windows xp install, after you reboot, you don't need the cd anymore. try changing your hdd back as 1st boot device and continue on
 
You sure? Before it asked to reboot it said its finished with the installation of ms-dos or whatever... and it asks to reboot so I guess it boots into windows and finishes setup? Ill try to set the HDD to the first device though, thanks.


*edit1* well i set my hdd to 1st device on boot up and the message doesn't come up anymore.. It just says "verifying dmi pool data... update success" and just sits there normally when my computer did work it go to the windows boot screen etc... any ideas? thanks in advance.
 
Have you installed Windows from that CD before? Is it a legitimate windows CD?

Have you tried booting with a linux live CD like Knoppix?
 
three_sixteen said:
Have you installed Windows from that CD before? Is it a legitimate windows CD?

Have you tried booting with a linux live CD like Knoppix?
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I got it from a friend but I have a legitimate cd key. Nope dont even know what Knoppix is.
 
Yea, if you started the install in windows, then just leave the cd in the tray, and there should be an option at boot that says to go to the main windows or the setup. Set the HDD as the first boot device and it should appear.
 
i started the install in ms-dos mode because i couldnt get into windows mode thats why.. no options poppued up and when i set it to hdd first it just says verifying dmi pool data.. update success and doesnt do anything.
 
The Verifying DMI blah blah is one of the POST checks at startup, nothing concerning setup. If you can boot from cd-rom or whatever at the beginning then its best you do so. For new installs, you should load from ms-dos, its cleanest that way. Also, I almost forgot, if your loading in ms-dos, you should get a message like "Press any key to load setup. . . . ." (It will go through 5 dots before it continues loading from HDD).
 
the thing is i already started the windows setup and it said it was done with the ms-dos part and needs to reboot so i did now it wont boot into os or anything.. and the whole thread was it WONT boot to windows xp set up when i do put the disk in... why does it not boot after the post check? sometimes it doesnt said its successfully updated and it just sits there but no matter what it sits there even when I put the cd-rom first device on boot up.
 
it does that EVEN when you put the OS cd in and try to boot from that?

if not, then might be that the Os on Hdd corrupted and will not boot.

just more things to consider...
 
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