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richierich1689
03-23-2005, 04:13 PM
i just finished building my first computer
specs: Amd Athlon 64 3200+ winchester core
Asus A8N-E Pci-e mobo
MSI nvidia Geforce 6600Gt
160 GB Seagate Sata 7200rpm
1gb ram from geil
one sound card with all the games

when i put in my windows 2000 disk, it shows: "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"

what can i do?
please help!
thanx
david eaton
03-23-2005, 04:57 PM
What boot order is set in the BIOS? It looks as if the computer is trying to boot from the hard drive, but there is nothing for it to boot from, hence the error.
In the BIOS, set the boot order to CD, Hard drive, and see if it then works.
richierich1689
03-23-2005, 05:51 PM
i did do that, that was the first thing i tried
richierich1689
03-23-2005, 05:52 PM
could anyone help me?
david eaton
03-23-2005, 07:05 PM
What boot order is set?
Paul Komski
03-23-2005, 07:42 PM
As David has pointed out the boot order must be CD before the hard drive.

The CD should be recognised in the BIOS and you may also have to hit "any key" during the boot up in order to confirm the CD boot; this message can be easily missed.

To check that the CD is functional you could boot to a boot floppy with CDROM support and see if it can see the CD OK.

BTW, the SATA drive may be referenced in the boot order as SATA or as SCSI or as RAID; this non-conformity can be a source of confusion.