Pulling my hair out- Windows 7 Home Premium

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 11:19 AM

Those of you who've been keeping track will know that i've been without a PC for 3 months now. After a complete overhaul of my system- a new i5 750, new DDR3 RAM, DDR3 mobo and a GTX285. All that remains of my old PC are two HDDs, my Corsair PSU and BLU Ray Drive. After getting the machine up and running (not without it's problems!) i found that i could no longer boot into Windows 7 RC, despite using the same HDD's in the same config. This was more than a little annoying, having spent £500 and not having it working. Regardless, i pushed on and bought a new 320GB HDD and Windows 7 Home Premium (not upgrade). I've disconnected my two old HDDs in order to avoid losing data and to make sure the installation ran smoothly. I therefore booted up with the Windows 7 disc in my BLU Ray and just the one brand new HDD connected. I tried to boot up but i get the message Disk Boot Failure, insert system disk. Well the disk is in there! The drive reads it and loudly but i still get the message.

I'm at my wit's end, it's been 3 months now and i may cry! Any help from you would be great. I've trawled pages and pages of google but there's nothing the same.

You lot always help me through

invisible hand · 11-03-09, 12:11 PM

Do you have another DVD drive you could try? Maybe something is wrong with the DVD drive and it can't read the disc correctly.

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 12:23 PM

I have 5 but...they're all 3 hours away at home. I'm at university at the moment. Could perhaps convince a house mate to unhook his for an hour but i don't know if that would solve the problem long term.
It's a good point you make though.

Stratus_ss · 11-03-09, 12:36 PM

It sounds as though it may be a SATA mode setting in the bios.
I dont have experience with Win7 in this area but I can tell you that I had to set SATA to compatibility on the latest Linux install I did (otherwise I had the exact same problem you are describing)

Since you have nothing on the new drive, its not going to damage anything to toggle the SATA mode for the install.

Here's hoping it works

hokiealumnus · 11-03-09, 01:09 PM

Check your BIOS boot configuration settings. Make sure the DVD is set as the first boot device. Sounds like it's trying to boot off the HDD where there isn't anything to boot off of.

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

Check your BIOS boot configuration settings. Make sure the DVD is set as the first boot device. Sounds like it's trying to boot off the HDD where there isn't anything to boot off of.

I've set the cd drive as the 1st 2nd and 3rd boot drives but still no luck buddy

Stratus ss- how would i go about that?

redduc900 · 11-03-09, 01:39 PM

What's the model of MB, and how are the HDD and optical connected to the board (via which controller and ports)?

iLoki · 11-03-09, 01:59 PM

It sounds like it could be a floppy drive error. If you don't have one I suppose this could happen. I would check your BIOS and set the Floppy Drive to None instead of A: or B: or whatever its set to by default.

Then again, it's hard to go much further than the above suggestions without a little more info.

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 02:51 PM

It's the Gigabyte P55-US3L. I have the HDD in SATA 2_0 and the Blu Ray 2_1.

iLoki- i'll try disabling floppy. What other information would you like?

gsrcrxsi · 11-03-09, 03:28 PM

definitely sounds like its trying to boot the HDD. either directly or it moves on to it after failing to boot from the disc. what disc is this? you said win7 HP, but is this a disc you made froom digital river? or is this a legit microsoft packaged disc? upgrade or full retail?

and the reason you couldnt boot into your RC was because you changed all your hardware. all the drivers from your previous setup are now incompatible with your new hardware, which will make it not boot to the OS anymore. when you change that much hardware you almost always have to fresh install. ive tried to retain an OS before after a MB change, but was unsuccessful. your old HDD is probably fine, i doubt you had to get a new one.

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by gsrcrxsi

definitely sounds like its trying to boot the HDD. either directly or it moves on to it after failing to boot from the disc. what disc is this? you said win7 HP, but is this a disc you made froom digital river? or is this a legit microsoft packaged disc? upgrade or full retail?

and the reason you couldnt boot into your RC was because you changed all your hardware. all the drivers from your previous setup are now incompatible with your new hardware, which will make it not boot to the OS anymore. when you change that much hardware you almost always have to fresh install. ive tried to retain an OS before after a MB change, but was unsuccessful. your old HDD is probably fine, i doubt you had to get a new one.

Yeah for some reason even though i've set up cd rom as all three priorities it won't boot. This is Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM legitimate.

I got my new HDD to avoid running the risk of data being overwritten, either way it wasn't expensive and i'll welcome the space once it's running.

So yeah, the disc is legit. I played everything by the book.

redduc900 · 11-03-09, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LufbraDan23

It's the Gigabyte P55-US3L. I have the HDD in SATA 2_0 and the Blu Ray 2_1.

I assume those two ports are via the ICH10R controller, the controller is enabled in the BIOS; set to SATA mode, and the BIOS recognizes the drives?

JDawggS316 · 11-03-09, 05:04 PM

Sell all your stuff and start fresh

johnz · 11-03-09, 05:08 PM

You could try installing off a flash drive.

LufbraDan23 · 11-03-09, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redduc900

I assume those two ports are via the ICH10R controller, the controller is enabled in the BIOS; set to SATA mode, and the BIOS recognizes the drives?

Ok, you'll have to pardon my ignorance but as i don't know what a ICH10R controller is can we assume that i haven't done that and walk me through the steps to changing that. The BIOs recognises the HDD but i dont know where to look for the Blu Ray.

vulcanman09 · 11-03-09, 05:24 PM

go through the bios and look for peripheral settings
you are looking for a setting that says ( ide/sata/raid )
set it to sata setting
you now should be able to boot off of the optical drive
( it comes setup as ( raid ) from the factory

LufbraDan23 · 11-04-09, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vulcanman09

go through the bios and look for peripheral settings
you are looking for a setting that says ( ide/sata/raid )
set it to sata setting
you now should be able to boot off of the optical drive
( it comes setup as ( raid ) from the factory

My settings say ide/ahci/raid.
Which is a bit of a curveball?

When i set to ahci it says 'no drives found'

jmdixon85 · 11-04-09, 08:20 AM

Thats strange, the BIOS should still be able to detect the drive no matter what mode it is set to. Have you tried using the IDE setting?

Flurp · 11-04-09, 08:29 AM

Should be options under the "Integrated Peripherals" which I believe is under Misc Settings... or something like that... if you got a camera take some pics of how you have your MB setup and then some of the bios settings so people can get better idea of exactly what the problem is...

chawks2 · 11-04-09, 08:52 AM

Some BIOS configs have priority + boot device. Have u checked your boot device menu? IE - the bloodrage has 2 spots for configuring hdd. One for priority as u mentioned, but also boot settings. Usually this would be a problem ONLY if u have more than one drive connected (some usb drives fit in this category).

Good Luck.

LufbraDan23 · 11-06-09, 08:36 AM

Ok, i'm now going to upload some pictures. First a few of my mobo sata port layout, a couple of the back of my HDD and Blu Ray (though i doubt they're relevant, i might as well put them up). Then photos of all of the screens in the BIOs and the boot screen. Fingers crossed we can get this all up and running soon. I'm getting depressed looking at the thing

LufbraDan23 · 11-06-09, 08:43 AM

Ok guys, so hopefully you'll see some bad settings and suggest changes

LufbraDan23 · 11-08-09, 09:49 AM

BUMP!

I know the pictures are blurry and oversized but could everyone who was helping before give them a look over for me?

Many thanks guys. Hopefully we can get this 3 month ordeal over with!

gsrcrxsi · 11-08-09, 07:31 PM

your first boot device is set to HDD... change it to CD-ROM. set second Boot device to HDD.

also try enabling SATA RAID/AHCI mode, as its currently set to disabled.

LufbraDan23 · 11-08-09, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gsrcrxsi

your first boot device is set to HDD... change it to CD-ROM. set second Boot device to HDD.

also try enabling SATA RAID/AHCI mode, as its currently set to disabled.

Ok, the boot priority is just like that as i reset it to defaults. I had been trying with CD Rom first. However i tried it again and also enabled sata raid/ahci (it makes u choose between raid and ahci, not just enable). Same problems unfortunately, however i did notice that in boot up a screen flashed up for a mere second which listed all connected drives, i saw the HDD but not the Blu Ray.

Thanks for the help, i'm sure we'l crack it

MARCI · 11-08-09, 08:15 PM

Try a different DVD-ROM.

Also, I know that on my ep45=ds3l the AHCI BIOS won't boot from anything other than a cd-rom. No DVD-rom, CD-R, BR support at all.

I haven't been fussed enough to bother updating the bios. since I don't have raid anyway. I just run it in legacy mode

stool · 11-10-09, 02:17 AM

I've read the whole thread, but I notice that no one has suggested just checking your cables. I don't know if this could be your problem, but I've had it happen to me in the past, so I think it's at least worth checking out. I'd wonder about the PSU, but a 650w Corsair should be up to the task.

Neuromancer · 11-10-09, 02:35 AM

Unplug the HDD and try booting, if the CD loads you have a BIOS issue (Its skipping the BDRom). If it does not load, you have an optical drive/ cable issue. Swap cable and if that does not work go get a cheap DVDRW

LufbraDan23 · 11-10-09, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stool

I've read the whole thread, but I notice that no one has suggested just checking your cables. I don't know if this could be your problem, but I've had it happen to me in the past, so I think it's at least worth checking out. I'd wonder about the PSU, but a 650w Corsair should be up to the task.

HAHA!

It was a dodgy SATA cable. I can't believe it. I never even thought about it. I was using a £2 cable i hadn't even tested before. I can't believe how complicated we all thought it was and how deep we were all going with this. Captain Obvious, you've saved the day!

Thanks so much to everybody. I'm officially a happy bunny.

Yojo · 11-10-09, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stool

I've read the whole thread, but I notice that no one has suggested just checking your cables. I don't know if this could be your problem, but I've had it happen to me in the past, so I think it's at least worth checking out. I'd wonder about the PSU, but a 650w Corsair should be up to the task.

nice catch stool! I would have never thought to look there for the problem...

11-03-09, 11:19 AM	#1
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	Pulling my hair out- Windows 7 Home Premium Those of you who've been keeping track will know that i've been without a PC for 3 months now. After a complete overhaul of my system- a new i5 750, new DDR3 RAM, DDR3 mobo and a GTX285. All that remains of my old PC are two HDDs, my Corsair PSU and BLU Ray Drive. After getting the machine up and running (not without it's problems!) i found that i could no longer boot into Windows 7 RC, despite using the same HDD's in the same config. This was more than a little annoying, having spent £500 and not having it working. Regardless, i pushed on and bought a new 320GB HDD and Windows 7 Home Premium (not upgrade). I've disconnected my two old HDDs in order to avoid losing data and to make sure the installation ran smoothly. I therefore booted up with the Windows 7 disc in my BLU Ray and just the one brand new HDD connected. I tried to boot up but i get the message Disk Boot Failure, insert system disk. Well the disk is in there! The drive reads it and loudly but i still get the message. I'm at my wit's end, it's been 3 months now and i may cry! Any help from you would be great. I've trawled pages and pages of google but there's nothing the same. You lot always help me through __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-03-09, 12:11 PM	#2
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11-03-09, 12:23 PM	#3
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	I have 5 but...they're all 3 hours away at home. I'm at university at the moment. Could perhaps convince a house mate to unhook his for an hour but i don't know if that would solve the problem long term. It's a good point you make though. __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-03-09, 12:36 PM	#4
Stratus_ss Overclockers AltOS Content Editor Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario Canada	It sounds as though it may be a SATA mode setting in the bios. I dont have experience with Win7 in this area but I can tell you that I had to set SATA to compatibility on the latest Linux install I did (otherwise I had the exact same problem you are describing) Since you have nothing on the new drive, its not going to damage anything to toggle the SATA mode for the install. Here's hoping it works __________________ HEAT *Those wishing to contribute to the AltOS section front page please PM me.* Leviathan41: "Playing with a controller because the mouse and keyboard is too easy is like racing with a bicycle because a car is too fast."

11-03-09, 01:09 PM	#5
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11-03-09, 01:39 PM	#7
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11-03-09, 01:59 PM	#8
iLoki Member Join Date: Dec 2008	It sounds like it could be a floppy drive error. If you don't have one I suppose this could happen. I would check your BIOS and set the Floppy Drive to None instead of A: or B: or whatever its set to by default. Then again, it's hard to go much further than the above suggestions without a little more info. __________________ Intel i7 920 @ 4.0ghz 1.376v 24/7 190x21 SLI e-Geforce GTX285 Foxconn Bloodrage 6GB OCZ XMP Ready DDR3 1600 @ 1554 8-8-8-24-1T Corsair hx1000w 1TB Hard Drive

11-03-09, 02:51 PM	#9
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	It's the Gigabyte P55-US3L. I have the HDD in SATA 2_0 and the Blu Ray 2_1. iLoki- i'll try disabling floppy. What other information would you like? __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-03-09, 03:28 PM	#10
gsrcrxsi Member Join Date: Feb 2008	definitely sounds like its trying to boot the HDD. either directly or it moves on to it after failing to boot from the disc. what disc is this? you said win7 HP, but is this a disc you made froom digital river? or is this a legit microsoft packaged disc? upgrade or full retail? and the reason you couldnt boot into your RC was because you changed all your hardware. all the drivers from your previous setup are now incompatible with your new hardware, which will make it not boot to the OS anymore. when you change that much hardware you almost always have to fresh install. ive tried to retain an OS before after a MB change, but was unsuccessful. your old HDD is probably fine, i doubt you had to get a new one. __________________ HEAT Rockfish case Asus P5K3 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz Q6600 3.6 GHz (400x9) 1.36v GTX 280 Antec 1000w Laing D5 MCR320 MCR220

11-03-09, 05:04 PM	#13
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11-03-09, 05:08 PM	#14
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11-03-09, 05:24 PM	#16
vulcanman09 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ontario, canada	go through the bios and look for peripheral settings you are looking for a setting that says ( ide/sata/raid ) set it to sata setting you now should be able to boot off of the optical drive ( it comes setup as ( raid ) from the factory

11-04-09, 08:20 AM	#18
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11-04-09, 08:29 AM	#19
Flurp Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hawaii	Should be options under the "Integrated Peripherals" which I believe is under Misc Settings... or something like that... if you got a camera take some pics of how you have your MB setup and then some of the bios settings so people can get better idea of exactly what the problem is... __________________ Heatware

11-04-09, 08:52 AM	#20
chawks2 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NY	Some BIOS configs have priority + boot device. Have u checked your boot device menu? IE - the bloodrage has 2 spots for configuring hdd. One for priority as u mentioned, but also boot settings. Usually this would be a problem ONLY if u have more than one drive connected (some usb drives fit in this category). Good Luck. __________________ "The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature...It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of 20th century science to the human intellect." -Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail H.E.A.T MarioKart FID-0774-5798-8330

11-06-09, 08:36 AM	#21
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	Ok, i'm now going to upload some pictures. First a few of my mobo sata port layout, a couple of the back of my HDD and Blu Ray (though i doubt they're relevant, i might as well put them up). Then photos of all of the screens in the BIOs and the boot screen. Fingers crossed we can get this all up and running soon. I'm getting depressed looking at the thing __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-06-09, 08:43 AM	#22
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	Ok guys, so hopefully you'll see some bad settings and suggest changes __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-08-09, 09:49 AM	#23
LufbraDan23 Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Midlands/Suffolk UK	BUMP! I know the pictures are blurry and oversized but could everyone who was helping before give them a look over for me? Many thanks guys. Hopefully we can get this 3 month ordeal over with! __________________ Thanks to everyone who helped me troubleshoot. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel Core i5 750 @2.66ghz BFG OC GeForce GTX285 1GB 4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM Seagate Barracuda HDD's - 320GB, 500GB, 360GB Corsair TX650w PSU Also- XP Laptop/Core 2 Duo 2.2GHZ/2GB/100GB HDD

11-08-09, 07:31 PM	#24
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11-08-09, 08:15 PM	#26
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11-10-09, 02:17 AM	#27
stool Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Albany, NY	I've read the whole thread, but I notice that no one has suggested just checking your cables. I don't know if this could be your problem, but I've had it happen to me in the past, so I think it's at least worth checking out. I'd wonder about the PSU, but a 650w Corsair should be up to the task. __________________ My Heatware

11-10-09, 02:35 AM	#28
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