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bfoz · 09-22-2003, 08:45 AM

After installing XP my system now will only boot with the XP CD in the drive and CD-ROM set as first boot device. If I selected Hard-Drive as the boot option, it just says "NO BOOT DRIVE DETECTED" or similar.

If the XP CD is in however, it says "Press any key to boot from CD..." which if you ignore then proceeds to boot from the SATA drive!

I have a DVD ROM and a CD-Wrtier both set as primary on the IDE-0 and IDE-1, respectively, and a Maxtor 7200 RPM 80 Gig SATA drive.

I installed the SATA driver (F6 during installation and used the provided floppy from Abit).

I think I've tried all combinations of boot options in BIOS.

I can't be the only one in the world with this problem!

Anyone seen and resolved this?

I have also posted this on the motherboards forum, but think it might be better in this one!

09-22-2003, 08:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
bfoz Upright Location: Manchester, England	WinXP only booting with XP CD in drive! Maxtor SATA drive - Abit KV7 After installing XP my system now will only boot with the XP CD in the drive and CD-ROM set as first boot device. If I selected Hard-Drive as the boot option, it just says "NO BOOT DRIVE DETECTED" or similar. If the XP CD is in however, it says "Press any key to boot from CD..." which if you ignore then proceeds to boot from the SATA drive! I have a DVD ROM and a CD-Wrtier both set as primary on the IDE-0 and IDE-1, respectively, and a Maxtor 7200 RPM 80 Gig SATA drive. I installed the SATA driver (F6 during installation and used the provided floppy from Abit). I think I've tried all combinations of boot options in BIOS. I can't be the only one in the world with this problem! Anyone seen and resolved this? I have also posted this on the motherboards forum, but think it might be better in this one!