Thread: Cmos Boot Sequence Changes Not Responding
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Old 19-07-2004, 07:06 PM
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Re: Cmos Boot Sequence Changes Not Responding
After you initially had the new hard disk running OK to install Windows on it, are you sure that the BIOS is correctly auto-detecting it when you reboot?

If the hard disk 'Type' is set to Auto, it might be worth switching it to User and typing in the cylinders, heads and sectors, which is normally printed on a label on the hard disk.

You shouldn't actually need your hard disk to be first in the boot sequence. A boot sequence will normally be Floppy, CD-ROM, IDE0 - when it doesn't find a floppy disk inserted, it will check for a boot CD and, when it doesn't find one of those, it will look for a boot sector on the hard disk.

Ah, there's a point. Is the BIOS detecting your hard disk as Primary Master - if not, it probably won't boot from it.

...and I presume that you are choosing the 'Exit and Save Changes' (or similar) option when you are leaving the BIOS?!

Please let us know whether any of these ideas help.
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