Hi all, and thanks in advance for your interest.
I have an IDE drive as my startup disk. When I plugged in my brand
new SATA DVD burner it was recognized by the BIOS but WindowsXP
Pro (with SP2) refused to boot, saying the C:\Windows\System32
\Config\system file was corrupt. The only way out was to unplug the
new SATA DVD burner and re-install Windows on the IDE hard disk.
After a fresh windows install (I did NOT hit F6 to install 3rd party
drivers) I got a new error that says my BOOT.INI file is missing or
corrupt. So once again, no windows boot. Unplugging the SATA DVD
drive did not fix the problem, looks like I’ll have to reinstall. Again. I
have found (through Google) that I probably have to load the mobo’s
SATA drivers onto a floppy and (during my next Windows re-install)
hit F6 and load the drivers there. I have also found that I may have to
go into my BIOS and disable RAID. Can anyone out there give me any
more advice or other things to try?
I’ve got an ECS 865G-M8 mobo, P4 3.4GHz, 1g ram, 2 Maxtor 100G
IDE HD’s, and a Lite-on LH-20A1L OEM DVD drive that came with no
drivers. Running WinXP Pro (32-bit) with SP2.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. I’ll probably be spending a
good part of my weekend trying stuff.
Cheers