Re: Help: Booting And Installing From DVD Drive
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Posted by kony on November 22, 2007, 4:21 pm
Please log in for more thread options Did you try to boot yet? The CD-ROM setting is likely to work, booting from the DVD. If it does not, check the drive jumpers. If all else fails, unplug the SATA adapter board and see if it then boots from the DVD... not that you could install like this but just to see if it then works. >The CD-ROM and DVD-Rom are on a single cable with it terminating at
>the CD-ROM. If the bios lacks the ability to boot from DVD-ROM in this configuration, either swap the position of the drives or temporarily unplug the CD-ROM and plug the end of the data cable into the DVD-ROM, rejumpering to Master or Cable Select if previously jumpered to slave. Often OEMs use Cable Select, if jumpered to master/slave you might try cable select and leave them like that if it works so you don't have to fiddle with jumpers anymore. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on November 22, 2007, 7:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options >I've stumbled on how to get the DVD-ROM and CD-ROM out.
I have a system or two similar to this, maybe, I'll look around and see what I have. Generally there is either an inset plastic front panel that pops off or swivels up, or the entire front plastic bezel is removed then the whole drive rack slides out the front... if the whole bezel comes off you may need to get inside the system via the side panel and depress some plastic tabs that latch through holes in the front metal wall of the case. >But I can't
>find anywhere online the info regarding the jumper specifics. The jumper settings are usually molded into the plastic on the back of the drive, or at least on the drive label if not there. >
>The drives are as follows: > >CD = CR-4848TE >DVD = SD-616 > >Thanks. > >Darren If all else fails you could just make a CDR instead? I'm just suggesting it might be easier to make than to take system apart and fiddle with the drives. Also, it is possible you can just make a bootable CDR including DOS drivers, then navigate in DOS to the DVD drive at command prompt and start winxp setup by running /I386/Winnt.exe | |||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on November 22, 2007, 7:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:01:46 -0800 (PST), Searcher7
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>I've stumbled on how to get the DVD-ROM and CD-ROM out. But I can't >find anywhere online the info regarding the jumper specifics. > >The drives are as follows: > >CD = CR-4848TE >DVD = SD-616 > >Thanks. > >Darren An update - I looked at a similar case here and the way to get the bay out is by flipping up the USB/port flap at the bottom then pressing upwards and outwards on each side of the bottom of the plastic insert which will free it from the bottom tabs. Next at the top of the entire plastic insert (top of case), that insert is pulled forward. At that point it should come completely off if wiggled around a little and the slide out drive bay is exposed. The following is a picture of the typical jumper positions and markings on an optical drive: http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2004/1215/08-optical-jumper.jpg These jumper-pin positions are pretty standard and I will usually just put the jumper in that position without trying to read it first... by using curved forceps I can usually get the jumper moved without pulling the whole drive out, so if you have forceps or needle-nose pliers/etc, you too might be able to check then change jumpers as needed, and/or unplug the CD drive and have only the DVD plugged into the end of the cable without having to pull the whole drive bay out. | |||||||||||||
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>a 164G Serial-ATA Hitachi Deskstar(HDT722516DLA380). There is a light
>blue connector that has a small PCB plugged into it that allows the
>use of a SATA drive with the motherboard. And the drive is the only
>one on it's cable.
>
>I want to try to install XP from a DVD. But the screen that shows the
>boot order is as follows:
>
>Boot Device Priority
>--------------------
>CD-ROM Drive
>+Removable Drives
>+Hard Drive
>Network Boot
>
>Though the DVD drive is found by the BIOS, it doesn't show at all in
>that Boot Priority screen.
>
>Is there a way to get the DVD-ROM drive into this list?