Problem Installing windows

ash_scotland88 · 13 Sep 2007 at 11:37

Basically put a computer together from spares around the house, including a new hard-drive.
Everything booted, windows disc in and it all formatted and something installed (you know the whole blue screen thing, not the blue screen of death)
But now the computer wont go any further, something about not being able to access the OS or something?!.......
I think the problem might be that the hard-drive appears to be a slave, rather than master but this is the only hard-drive on the machine, and I cant see a way to change it via the bios.

Any ideas? cheers.

Cupra · 13 Sep 2007 at 11:49

if the drive is a ide drive u need to move a jumper to make it a master iirc

ash_scotland88 · 13 Sep 2007 at 14:18

how do I do that?

UniqueID · 13 Sep 2007 at 14:22

you need to take a look at the manufacturers manual on their site for your drive, the jumpers are normally located on the back of the drive near the power/data connectors

Admiral Huddy · 13 Sep 2007 at 15:21

^^^ making sure it's on the end of the IDE cable too.

Ewanb75 · 13 Sep 2007 at 15:21

they usually look like that..

ash_scotland88 · 13 Sep 2007 at 20:30

set it to master, and was also finally able to get through mt i.t guy, he gave me this link:
http://whocares.de/2004/12/28/error-loading-operating-system/

hopefully that'll tell you more of my problem.
Ive done what its told me to do, but now it doesnt load anyfurther than the black/white info screen, and if i try a frsh install it stays on the "checking hardware" screen before the thing goes black.

any ideas? its really getting on my nerves.

ash_scotland88 · 13 Sep 2007 at 23:30

been told the mobo doesnt support the size of the harddrive and theres no new biosi for it =[