Strike F1 to continue

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I have an onld spare Dell 8200 PC, and also a spare 120GB HDD with windows already on it. I figured I'd try to turn it into a server of some sort. However, when I hook up the IDE cable to the drive, it tells me to "Strike F1 to continue, F2 to enter boot menu".

If I hit F1, the same thing happens. Yet, if I move the HDD to my main PC, it works fine . . .Any suggestions?
 
You will most liekely need to format/reinstall windows on it. The drivers are probably not working correctly, which often happens when the chipsets are different on the mobos.
 
Sounds like this is happening at the post screen(?). What happens if you enter the boot menu? The bios could still have the old drive in the 'boot device' section and sees it is no longer there.
 
Fixed :).

No need to format, though If I planned on using it long term I would. The issue was is the hard drive, though detected was disabled as a boot device in the BIOS. Though it sounds like one of those DOH! fixes, it actually was buried within the dell bios, bleh.

Thank you anyway guys!
 
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