This is how my BIOS boot sequences looks: I'm assuming that since there's already an OS installed in my old hard drive Windows is able to install the adapters driver. I'm pretty sure that BIOS allows booting from a USB device because I'm able to boot my Windows XP CD with my old drive.
I tried my CD drive a few weeks ago while set to master but still had the same problem. Well, my DVD drive is already set to master so that couldn't be the problem. All I want to do is upgrade my hard drive.Īnyone who is willing to help feel free, I don't know what else to do. Why?! I don't understand why this is happening! This is driving me crazy.
However, when I installed the 80GB HDD into my PC then attempted to boot my Windows XP Professional installation CD from my DVD drive, instead of getting the black screen that said 'Press any key to boot from CD', I got just a black screen. I said to myself, "yes! finally! now I can install an OS to my blank 80GB HDD." At least that was what I thought. After windows installed the driver I decided to insert my Windows XP Pro CD it read the CD perfectly.Īgain, I decided to restart my computer and as expected I got the same black screen but this time it said 'Press any key to boot from CD'. I disconnected the adapter and restarted my computer once more Windows Vista started up. I restarted the computer once more with the adapter connected and I got the same black screen as before. After it installed the driver I checked My Computer and noticed that the DVD drive icon was showing. Windows immediately began installing the driver. WIndows Vista started up and everything seemed to be working fine again so, I reconnected the adapter.
So, I decided to disconnect the adapter from the USB port and restart my computer. Everything seemed OK, until I realized that nothing else happened, the screen doesn't move on to Windows Vista. I'm assuming that the DVD drive is what's causing this to happen. Once I recieved the adapter I immediately connected my optical drive via USB into my PC using the adapter, I turned on my computer and before Windows Vista started up I got a black screen with a blinking white line on the upper left hand corner of the screen. So, I decided to purchase an IDE to USB adapter. Neither did the PCI card port adapter (I couldn't boot from the DVD drive).
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