Building my Computer, Noobie questions - Help Appriciated

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 09:33

Ok so I ordered loads of stuff to build a computer, put it all together etc. When I try to boot my HDD from the bios it says "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.

I'm using "Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)" and "Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **"

Do I need an operating system to boot my HDD, I'm not really sure of what to do after I've put all the parts together.

At the minute I've got windows 7 extracting to my USB, can someobdy give me a step by step guide on how to install everything a computer needs fresh off the bat.

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 10:18

"invalid or damaged bootable partition"
man ffs why doesnt anything ever go right for me

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 10:47

it was already FAT32 and I don't have anywhere to put a disc so it's useless

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 10:55

doing http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx atm, extracting iso to my USB, again. Hopefully it'll work, probably not

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:04

know with a windows 7 ISO, what do I choose on imgburn

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:05

or do i just copy & paste the extracted stuff from windows 7 iso?

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:12

ok while it tranfers, is it cause i didnt have an OS why the HDD wouldnt boot?

Vidya · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:38

3 hours

ooo