boot problem

>-----Original Message-----
>i made a mistake, my email is actually

>if you want to email me about the problem, thanks

>>-----Original Message-----
>>hi, my friends computer isnt booting up and none of the
>>safe mode or debug modes boot either. He uses windows

>>Home edition and he has SP1. I am trying to get into

>>recovery console, but his computer did not come with an

>XP

>>disk(or he lost it, he's not sure). I have a windows XP
>>proffesional disk but when i try to access the recovery
>>console it asks for an administrator password and

>>will work. he says none of the accounts on his computer
>>have a password. I tried the default
>>password "administrator" and that didnt work either. Is
>>it possible to even use the recovery console on a home
>>edition computer with an xp proffesional disk? if so

>>can i get into the recovery console if the passwords

>arent

>>working? thanks in advaced to any help with this

>>.
>>

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>

> I have a weird boot problem. I have 2 hard drives. And I have verified

> jumper settings and they are correct.
>
> If I have just one hard drive connected, it boots fine.
>
> If I have two hard drives conneted at the same time it doesnt boot. It
> gives a disk boot error.
>
> Now the strange part. If I have a bootable cd in the cd rom but it does

> boot from it, it will boot from my hd with out any problems.
>
> Any idea on what could be causing this?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>

> Who is the manufacturer of the disk drives? The reason I ask is that the

> most popular, Maxtor and WD, are quite different in their jumper schemes.
> When you try to boot from a bootable cd, have you gone into your
> motherboards bios and changed the boot order?
>
> "John" <nospam@spamfree.com> wrote in message
> news:ihM%b.12574$UU.389@lakeread01...

> > I have a weird boot problem. I have 2 hard drives. And I have verified

> the

> > jumper settings and they are correct.
> >
> > If I have just one hard drive connected, it boots fine.
> >
> > If I have two hard drives conneted at the same time it doesnt boot. It
> > gives a disk boot error.
> >
> > Now the strange part. If I have a bootable cd in the cd rom but it does

> not

> > boot from it, it will boot from my hd with out any problems.
> >
> > Any idea on what could be causing this?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>

> I have a weird boot problem. I have 2 hard drives. And I have verified

> jumper settings and they are correct.
>
> If I have just one hard drive connected, it boots fine.
>
> If I have two hard drives conneted at the same time it doesnt boot. It
> gives a disk boot error.

>
> Now the strange part. If I have a bootable cd in the cd rom but it does

> boot from it, it will boot from my hd with out any problems.
>
> Any idea on what could be causing this?
>
> Thanks!
>

>
> "John" <nospam@spamfree.com> wrote in message
> news:ihM%b.12574$UU.389@lakeread01...

> > I have a weird boot problem. I have 2 hard drives. And I have verified

> the

> > jumper settings and they are correct.
> >
> > If I have just one hard drive connected, it boots fine.
> >
> > If I have two hard drives conneted at the same time it doesnt boot. It
> > gives a disk boot error.

>
> On the same cable? I know yu said you checked the jumpers, but what sme
> people don't realize is that some hard drive have separate jumper settings
> for Master (Single) and Master with Slave.
>

> >
> > Now the strange part. If I have a bootable cd in the cd rom but it does

> not

> > boot from it, it will boot from my hd with out any problems.
> >
> > Any idea on what could be causing this?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >

> Is this second hard drive something new? What was the original setup?
>
>

> In the case of IDE drives, you would use rather Master/Slave jumpering

> CableSelect and connect the flat cable accordingly.
>
>