disk boot failure ..insert system disk.......help

[Noirris green]

hi chaps ...need some help...built a new machine...with a gigabyte mobo new 120 GIG HD and ati9800 pro...using 512mB of old 2100 ddr for the moment and amdxp 2000.....when i switch on to install xp i get "verifying dmi pool data......
disk boot failure insert system disk and press enter"..

I've tried to get it to boot from xp CD by messing with the bios settings ...my xp boot diskettes (all 6 of them) don't work too..I think the 1st diskette is corrupted......should I just download a fresh set of diskettes and get cd rom working and install from there .....or is there a problem with the hard drive .....

the bios can see the hard drive and cd rom...but I've had connection problems there too....although it could see them fine last night....please help chaps

[Aragorn]

If you have a 'new' empty un-formatted drive then you either need a bootable OS CD-rom or a bootable floppy.

If your XP floppies are 'corrupt' and you have another system you can create a new set of floppies from the following MS app -

XP Home - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-BD5AFEE126D8

XP Pro -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-4FED408EA73F

These floppies should get to the point where the CD can be read.

HTH

[Bulky]

hope this helps, sounds like the boot options are not set correctly in the bios, or your new hd is corrupt (hope its not that)

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000387.htm

[Paul K]

Booting from the XP CD should be possible, normally in the BIOS you get an option to decide the 1st, 2nd 3rd etc boot devices. You may also want to look into wether the jumper blocks on the drives are set correctly though.

[themelon]

I would try using an old boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/ and re-formatting your hard drive.

You can get the XP disks from here too.

If you have set the boot list to D,C, A etc and the CD is not booting I presume there is a problem with either your CD Drive or the XP CD...........is it genuine or a copy?

If you are having connection problems I would unplug a the cables and re-plug them all in again just to double check.

If this fails you would have a hardware problem either Hard Drive, CD Rom or Mobo, finding out which is a process of elimination disconnect each and test, and try different components if possible.

[Noirris green]

INSTALL UPDATE

Got hold of a fresh set of xp boot up floppies and started to installââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚¦got to disc 4 and it hung †¦.dmboot.sys corruptedââ‚ ¬Â¦..had a go with different permutations of the other 2 sets of xp boot disks that I have and similar errors kept cropping upââ‚ ¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦so no joy thereââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚¦..bought a new xp home edition with sp1a cdââ‚ ¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦.boot from cd starts the setup ..yahooââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚¦then bollox †¦âââ €šÂ¬Ã‚¦BSOD blue screen of death as it jumps from setup to starting windowsââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚¦this is still during installationâââ€à …¡Ã‚¬Ã‚¦.varying excuses and error codes

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUALÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚¦

.googling this points to driver errorsââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦.got my wireless NIC on the pciââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦so will remove it and try againââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚¦..changed my ATI for my gf4200ââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦no joy changed the cdrom †¦no joyââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢à ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬Ã‚¦Ram could be a problemââ‚à ‚¬Ã‚¦bios sees both sticks ..but they are different speeds of DDR so will take one out aâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’‚¦and move the other around the slotsââ‚ƚ¬Ã‚¦..

Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m posting this from workââ‚ ¬Ã‚¦so no partition malarkeyââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦I did FDISK the HD with a win 98 cd †¦so should I reformat it †¦and then let the xp disk partition it??

5 nights doing thisâ₠¬Ã‚¦.man..

[Aragorn]

Are you using a SATA drive or IDE? if SATA you need to load drivers at the point where it asks you to 'Press F6 to load RAID drivers'.

Partitioning under W98 shouldn't make a diff, but no harm in repartitioning/formatting on the XP load.

I would try stripping it down to 1 mem strip, HD, CD, Floppy and GFX. See how you get on with minimal config.

HTH

[Noirris green]

it's working now...thank god for that....cheers for the advice chaps...thanks for all your help