HELP ! HELP ! New Build First Boot 'DISK BOOT FAILURE'

MickOR · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:17

first build, first bot up and i get the gigabyte screen and then the message ' loading operating system.... DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER' i have windows 7 in the cd rom drive and have set it to boot cdrom first. Help, what am i doing wrong..... the other drive is a wd caviar black , both are plugged into sata 6 ports

MickOR · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:25

Power plugged in on both drives and sata cables connected, cd rom drive working away, hard to tell if the hdd is working

MickOR · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:42

have tried plugging them into the other sata points, still get the same error message on the screen, what should the raid settings be?, im a bit lost ! first build. not sure if the sata ports are on the same controller,im usung a gigabyte p67 ud4 sata 6 connection

MickOR · 5 Mar 2011 at 12:50

oh wait... have plugged in external cd rom drive... put windows disk in and seem to be booting.....

MickOR · 5 Mar 2011 at 14:48

Win 7 installed, the internal drive tray wont stay open, it ejects and goes back in straight away and it's not showing up on ' my computer' either... what could it be?