Well, my previous hard-drive was an ATA/IDE drive that died on me maybe a month ago. The hard-drive that I was attempting to use for my OS install has never been used.

If that's the case I set it up to boot from the DVD-RW/DVD-Rom first and the hard-drive second. I have no idea how to configure the BIOs unless you are talking about how to set the computer up to boot from a specific device.

The bloody irony is that I've finally created the perfect slipstreamed disc(for me) with a number of my favorite software apps and some drivers and now it seems that I can't use the dang thing!ġ Main Drive is Seagate 500GB SATA(never been used) Since that time I was using my sister's computer and during that time I was learning the art of slipstreaming and CAB file making. I had to run a few errands and then I had some things to do on the net so I had to unplug my computer and set my sister's computer up again as my computer obviously wasn't working.Īll my cables are connected correctly but I forgot to mention that when I attempted to do the install that I had one of my storage drives connected to a controller card? Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. (the more info you give - details are important -, the more likely someone may be able to give you appropriate advice) WHICH EXACT motherboard model is it? (Crystal ball out to the shop for maintenance ) Is the (internal) CD/DVD a SATA or an IDE/PATA one? The 'Press any key to bot form CD' ONLY happens if the Setup detects an already initialized hard disk, cannot say if you are in this condition. Is there some way to pause the screen and progress little by little until I get the part about the error message? I am at a total loss on how to resolve this problem because I can't see the error message about what the 'Setup' can't find because either I'm too early pressing the pause button or too late. I thought that the problem might be the slipstreamed OS disc and then I tried using the 'Original' disc and still got the same error message. I get this other screen that says setup can't find something and then the process starts all over again. A screen comes up saying what DVD-RW burner I have and then I expected to see the next screen where it says 'Press and key to boot from the CD' and that NEVER happens.

Unfortunately, for some reason the DVD-RW doesn't seem to see my bootdisc (slipstreamed). I have the installation CD(my slipstreamed version) and everything is setup as it should be inside the case. Recently, I purchased and installed a new motherboard but just today got around to trying to install Windows XP Professional.

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