Restart problem

Stepes · 03-18-2007

Well since I'm at it(torturing you poor guys) here's another problem.
Yesterday I was trying to fix my uncles pc. I found out the problem was the grafics card, took it out and replaced it. But he seems to have another wierd problem. When he restarts windows they get stuck at boot up at the boot from cd: _ prompt. But if you shutdown and start the pc normaly it boots fine into windows. Any idea what wierd stuff this is?

CRAB · 03-18-2007

check in bios and make sure that first boot device is HDD

Stepes · 03-18-2007

shouldn't it be floppy, then cd drive and then HDD?

upgrader · 03-18-2007

It doesn't matter. If you need to boot from the CD or floppy then you just change it at that point

ladygreenwitch · 03-20-2007

Hey Guys,

@Stepes - How's it goin? Regardless of the boot sequence, if there is no media in the drive, it should simply move on to the next. When you are getting this hang, is there a CD in the drive? Other than the Vid card, have you installed anything else on the PC? Are you getting the hang on Restart when you swithc the boot sequence? I don't think it's a good idea to just pretend this isn't happening, you may be able to override the problem, but we should still try to determine what is causing the problem. Also, do you have the most up to date BIOS for the PC? With the new graphics card that could be relevant.

Looking forward to your reply,

TTFN

LGW

03-18-2007	#1
Stepes Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 285 PC Experience: Experienced	Restart problem Well since I'm at it(torturing you poor guys) here's another problem. Yesterday I was trying to fix my uncles pc. I found out the problem was the grafics card, took it out and replaced it. But he seems to have another wierd problem. When he restarts windows they get stuck at boot up at the boot from cd: _ prompt. But if you shutdown and start the pc normaly it boots fine into windows. Any idea what wierd stuff this is?

03-18-2007	#4
upgrader Tech Support Team Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: /home/upgrader/ Posts: 7,311 PC Experience: Some Experience	It doesn't matter. If you need to boot from the CD or floppy then you just change it at that point __________________ PCHF Rules--PCHF Prework--PCHF Downloads

03-20-2007	#5
ladygreenwitch Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bay Area California Posts: 6,615 PC Experience: Very Experienced	Hey Guys, @Stepes - How's it goin? Regardless of the boot sequence, if there is no media in the drive, it should simply move on to the next. When you are getting this hang, is there a CD in the drive? Other than the Vid card, have you installed anything else on the PC? Are you getting the hang on Restart when you swithc the boot sequence? I don't think it's a good idea to just pretend this isn't happening, you may be able to override the problem, but we should still try to determine what is causing the problem. Also, do you have the most up to date BIOS for the PC? With the new graphics card that could be relevant. Looking forward to your reply, TTFN LGW __________________ PreWork/ AfterWork/ CCleaner/Spybot S&D/ Spyware Blaster/ Adaware SE/ Memtest86/ Shoot the Messenger/ Housecall/ Belarc/ Registry Cleaner/ Bootdisk.com/ XP Install/PCHF Protect Your PC

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03-18-2007	#2
CRAB Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 27	check in bios and make sure that first boot device is HDD