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Climber
19-02-2009, 05:34 PM
I've just purchased a Novatech PC without an operating system installed. I'm unable to install XP - Inserting the XP CD I have doesn't seem to work. :-(

I have an old Mesh Computer - I have re-booted this a few times in the past and had to insert 6 XP boot floppy discs before the XP CD. I was hoping the new computer would boot straight from the CD as it doesn't have a floppy drive.

Any suggestions please?
Andrew Moore
19-02-2009, 05:41 PM
you been into the bios and set boot priority to optical?? and then removed boot on hdd?? shud work from that.

Andy
Climber
19-02-2009, 05:54 PM
There is no optical in the BIOS.
Boot priority is currently:
1 [1st flopppy drive] - there is no floppy drive
2 [SATA : 3M-Hitachi HD]
Soup Dragon
19-02-2009, 06:09 PM
he means cd/dvd drive
Climber
19-02-2009, 06:16 PM
There are no CD/DVD drives listed in the BIOS. The only thing seems to be the HDD.
Are drivers for the CD/DVD drive usually on the XP installation CD? Or should the DVD drive have been set up already?
Andrew Moore
19-02-2009, 06:17 PM
is there power to the cd/dvd drive? and is it plugged in? secondly if its ide is ide drives turned on in the bios???

then do as above with settin boot priority

Andy
Jonny2Bad
19-02-2009, 06:23 PM
There should be a 3rd on that list as in dvd/cd drive, check everything is is plugged in properly etc.
Climber
19-02-2009, 06:35 PM
There seems to be power to the DVD drive - the drawer opens, but closes immediately though - giving just enough time to drop a CD into it.
Not 100% sure about IDE - IDE settings seem to be enabled...
Climber
19-02-2009, 06:52 PM
Yes - Loose connection to the DVD drive. One of the cables wasn't in properly.
Thanks guys - it shows up in the BIOS now and is installing XP.
Regards.