Continous Reboot

[silvereyes04]

I have a desktop that continually reboots. It will load the bios, then go to the page where it says Windows will not start normally. It lets me pick the options (start normally, last known good config, safe mode with cmd prompt, safe mode with network, and safe mode). WHICHEVER i pick, it restarts the whole computer. Being technically savvy, I just bought a whole new motherboard, CPU, fan, power supply, and RAM. EVERYTHING is brand new but the hard drive. The reason I didn't get a new hard-drive? I install the hard-drive on my home computer, and it loads up fine, no problems at all. WTF is going on??????

 

[electronicsfreak]

Did you format this drive and install windows fresh or did you just leave the current windows intact? Reason being if you left the windows intact, then you need to format the drive before it will work as the old motherboard had a different chipset most likely then your new one and will need different drivers.

Ive seen they do have ways of supposedly replacing the drivers without formatting the drive, however for sake of sanity and since your using complete new hardware, id advise formatting the drive and installing windows fresh.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[silvereyes04]

I hooked up the drive to the computer that will load it and put in the XP CD. I deleted the partition on the drive, so nothing was left on the drive. I took the drive off that motherboard, put it on the new one and booted it up. It read Windows from the CD, went into setup, loaded all the pre-files, and then said this:

"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnosic or setup program"

I've checked the IDE cables (used the same ones that it worked on). It obviously has power if the CDROM drive does (I checked just to make sure). I have both the CDROM and the HD connected to the same cables. There was no 'manufacturer-supplied' programs. Any suggestions now??? It's like the stupid drive doesn't exist on one motherboard, and will on the other. Thanks for your help.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Yeah once you delete the partition you must create a new one.
Make a windows 98 boot disk from the link below
If you have a floppy drive, load from the disk, delete the primary partition, create a new partiton, then format.

http://www.bootdisk.com

Once done, take it out, load from windows xp disc and then follow the onscreen instructions.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[silvereyes04]

Just so I'm clear, I need to install Windows with the hard drove on the computer that ISN'T loading the hard drive correctly, right?

 

[electronicsfreak]

Yes, first use that disc I mentioned above. It should be detected in the bios. Load from the floppy disc, create a partiton and format the drive.

Then load with your windows xp disc and install windows.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[burg1]

You did check the slave/master jumper, right?

 

[silvereyes04]

Actually, it was the jumper. I figured it out last night. Thanks for all your guys help!!