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O.P. RE: RE: Windows won't boot
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Originally posted by foaly
try disableing the memory check in your bios...

It already was. I enabled it, but it made no difference (other than the memory check is done and passes).

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Originally posted by Adeptus
1) There is some sort of a conflict between the added and existing hard drives.  Verify your master/slave jumper settings, try to put the other drive on a different IDE interface if possible.  Note that unlike most other brands, Western Digital drives have  different jumper settings for master with slave and single drive.

They are correct. I had them set wrong (both master), and only one was getting detected, then I set one master and one slave, but the wrong way around, then I set it right. The not-booting was the same however I had it.

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2) The computer is trying to boot from the just added hard drive, which may not have a valid MBR.   Verify your BIOS boot sequence.

It should have, but I was going to format it anyway. The boot sequence isn't very useful, because everything is described using default Windows drive letters (hard disk is "C", floppy is "A"). I messad about with enabling and disabling floppy (there is none) and CD ROM before and after hard disk with no success. Even without the second disk added, the problem is still there though.
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Windows won't startup - by rav0 on 10-18-2006 at 11:04 AM
RE: Windows won't boot - by foaly on 10-18-2006 at 01:21 PM
RE: Windows won't boot - by Adeptus on 10-18-2006 at 02:42 PM
RE: RE: Windows won't boot - by rav0 on 10-19-2006 at 06:58 AM
RE: Windows won't boot - by Vilkku on 10-19-2006 at 07:23 AM
RE: RE: Windows won't boot - by rav0 on 10-19-2006 at 07:26 AM
RE: Windows won't boot - by brian on 10-19-2006 at 08:40 PM
RE: RE: Windows won't boot - by rav0 on 10-20-2006 at 07:14 AM
RE: Windows won't boot - by foaly on 10-19-2006 at 08:43 PM
RE: Windows won't boot - by foaly on 10-20-2006 at 01:31 PM
RE: RE: Windows won't boot - by rav0 on 10-20-2006 at 11:08 PM


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