Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwweiland Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 This is just standard PC3200 DDR RAM, 2 sticks of 512.I'll give it a try though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 I tried what you suggested then reinstalled Windows. It seemed to work and then it got back where it was when I started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Check your boot settings in Bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member11 Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 use repair windows installation to fix your boot problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 I checked my settings in BIOS, it was hidden away in some setting. Works now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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