problem re-installing os

daveathome_16

i just got a new hard drive and have transfered any needed files to it. i then used kill disk to write my old disk with 00000.....s.
when i then tried to install an operating system on that disk, after i put in windows cd i get an error saying " boot failure. please insert disk and press enter. my two hard drives show up in bios and i am booting from cd first.
tried disconnecting the second hard drive and stil same error

any ideas please?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Sounds to me like it's not booting from the CD properly... I'd say double-check your CMOS setup for anything you may be missing boot-order wise... and try a different CD just to see if the CD itself is the problem.
Did you re-jumper the CD drive or anything while installing the harddrive? (if they were on the same bus or whatever)

It shouldn't matter what you've done with the harddrives; as long as the CD drive is on its own IDE cable with the correct jumper settings (can't remember if master/slave/cs even matters if it's on it's own ide channel, it's been a while), and everything is correct in the BIOS setup - you should be able to boot off the CD if the CD is bootable and working.
... in my experience anyway.
Check the IDE & power cables to the CD drive, just incase they became dislodged during the harddrive install.

Actually, I'd say you could completely unplug both harddrives, forget about them for a while and concentrate on getting the PC booting off a CD.

Anyway, these are just things I'd look at off the top of my head.

daveathome_16

got windows installed on the hard drive in another pc, but still had same problem in my pc. i can boot another cd. the kill disk cd booted.

but anyway... my power supply blew this morning so ill hav to wait a bit to solve the problem now till i get a new power supply
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thanks for help anyway

irlrobins

Cross posted on windows forum.