Cant get my old system to boot from disk 'boot0: error'

Akagi · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:39

Hey guys, so I got one of my old PC's up and running after a bit of faffing around, but now I can't get it to boot. The optical drive is set as the primary master, and there is a bootable DVD in the drive (Windows 7 Home Premium x64) but whenever it tries to boot, it pauses for a moment, and hangs on a 'boot0: error' and it won't go any further.

Any idea what is going on? I need to get this PC up and running ASAP so I can sell it to a friend for cheaps. :rolleyes:

The specs are:

AMD Athlon 6000+ @ 3.4GHz w' AC Freezer 64 Pro
MSI K9A Platinum
4GB (4x 1GB) Corsair XMS2 667MHz @ 775MHz
PowerColor HD3870 512MB
Maxtor Diamondmax 320GB (SATA)
DVD-RW (IDE) - have tried two different drives
600W WinPower PSU (I know, it hasn't exploded yet!

)

Cheers all

DaleTheWhale · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:42

Can you select the disk drive manually, in the boot order?
IDE cable in decent condition and plugged in properly?

Akagi · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:47

ThaReaperGuy said:
Can you select the disk drive manually, in the boot order?
IDE cable in decent condition and plugged in properly?

Its a pretty old system, the boot order is determined only by where the jumpers on the drives are, and which connector along the IDE cable they are plugged into if you have it set to 'cable select' (I think)

almost retro

The IDE cable is in good condition yeah. I have plenty more IDE cables I can try though, I might do that in a moment.

archerz · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:49

Have you tried just connecting the 1 drive for now if you have 2+?

Akagi · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:54

archerz said:
Have you tried just connecting the 1 drive for now if you have 2+?

Well no, cos I need the HDD connected so I have something to install the OS to

DaleTheWhale · 20 Mar 2013 at 15:58

acme15 said:
Well no, cos I need the HDD connected so I have something to install the OS to

Not got a SATA drive or if the motherboard supports SATA that is?
Seems a strange error to be making, sure them jumpers are set right, way before my technolgy time though to even hazard a guess at that aha!

Akagi · 20 Mar 2013 at 16:19

ThaReaperGuy said:
Not got a SATA drive or if the motherboard supports SATA that is?
Seems a strange error to be making, sure them jumpers are set right, way before my technolgy time though to even hazard a guess at that aha!

So err... Funny story *ahem*

I found a section in the BIOS which I had forgotten existed... Guess what you can do in that section?

Yep! Set the boot order!

Sorry!!!

It has been a long time since I have dealt with this system haha!