Windows keeps restarting after installation!

[Angel Blue01]

I just built my new computer. I have a abit AX8 motherboard, amd Athlon 64 3500+, Samsung 160GB SATA hard drive.

I just finished installing Windows. Windows installed alright. Except setup recognized my hard drive as drive E: Its my first SATA hard drive.

It restarted the computer. Now Windows refuses to start. It gets to the point where Windows loads, then it presents me the list of how to start Windows. Choosing any option will restart the computer.

Help!

[rwweiland]

I just had this problem with my new 64 bit computer. It was my RAM. I had dual channel RAM on and two of the four sticks were not exactly the same speed. I had two DDR2700 and two DDR3200. I could only use two instead of four.

Hope this helps....

[Angel Blue01]

This is just standard PC3200 DDR RAM, 2 sticks of 512.

I'll give it a try though.

[Angel Blue01]

I tried what you suggested then reinstalled Windows. It seemed to work and then it got back where it was when I started.

[Angel Blue01]

I'm still not getting anywhere. Setup detects the drive as drive C: but it refuses to boot.

Is it a problem with jumpers? SATA drives don't use jumpers.

[Angel Blue01]

I figured out was wrong. I put in an old IDE drive I had and installed Windows. It installed Windows without a hitch.

So it was that Windows, once it was installed was not recognizing the SATA drive.

Now, what to do about it?

[Angel Blue01]

I finally got it working -I used Bashrat the Sneaky's driver pack.

But Windows won't boot unless the setup disc is in the drive.

[MHz]

Check your boot settings in Bios.

[member11]

use repair windows installation to fix your boot problem

[Angel Blue01]

I checked my settings in BIOS, it was hidden away in some setting. Works now.