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aNdY_05 wrote:
> Hi all..
>
> Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the
> installation of w2k went very well.
>
> Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to
> install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard
> disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i
> decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after
> again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that
> there was an 'error loading the operating system'.
>
> I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the
> o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything
> seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge.
>
> I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios
> settings but nothing i seem to do works.
>
> The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4
> Processor.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you haven't set the drives to CS (Cable Select) then I would suspect
that, depending on the make and model of hard disk, you may have to change
the jumpering of the hard drive to a 'Single Drive' mode. Check the drive
jumpering info for the hard drive to make sure it is set correctly when used
without the CD-ROM.

As for the 'other' CD-ROM, perhaps it was not jumpered correctly for the
configuration either?

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