Hi,
A few weeks ago I bought a sata HDD to replace my former IDE one, so I transferred the OS (thks Acronis) to the new one, removed the old one and everything was OK... until I tried to repair some XP problems with my Win XP install CD, when I got stuck on a screen with a message saying, ...no HDD,...press F3 to cancel. So (thks again to Acronis recovery partition) I am now running XP again. I managed however to install Ubuntu on another partition, but no Win XP anymore. Anything wrong in my BIOS?
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Jump to PostNothing you have said would necessarily indicate a BIOS problem. I would guess that Ubuntu is all that is allowed to load in the boot up.
Do you get an option on boot to select either XP or Ubuntu?
Go "Start" "Run" and type "msconfig" without the " " Click …
Jump to Postmoring Bob, up to early again.
i know it sounds confusing but post said now no winxp anymore.I am now running XP again. I managed however to install Ubuntu on another partition, but no Win XP anymore.
Jump to Postuntil I tried to repair some XP problems with my Win XP install CD, when I got stuck on a screen with a message saying, ...no HDD,...press F3 to cancel
you got this message because winxp has no sata drivers in it so it did not recognize the sata drive …
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