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"error reading disk" with new motherboard?

  • 04-02-2005 01:49PM
    #1
    HacksawEddie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭


    hi
    i installed a new samsung 120g HDD in my girlfriend's old packard bell last month, and now just built a whole new computer with an ASUS P4V8X-X MB & p4 2.4ghz w/ 512 ddr ram.
    so i turn the computer on and before it enters windows or anything, it reads "error reading disk, press ctrl-alt-del; to restart"
    but in the bios, the computer reads the HDD fine and gives its info, so im not sure why it wont load up windows.
    i know the HDD works fine, as im using it now on the old computer again, but i cant see why i can't transfer it over to the new computer?!

    als, i should mention that its a DMA HDD, and the motherboard supports DMA & SATA, so is there a jumper or setting that i need to check in order to disable SATA & RAID and enable DMA only?

    cheers


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    What type of cable are you using?

    I had the exact same problem with WinXP and a new motherboard.

    Turned out I needed an 80-conductor IDE cable on the Primary IDE.


  • #3
    optiplexgx270
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭optiplexgx270


    should be in the bios menu


  • #4
    HacksawEddie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭HacksawEddie


    i', using the cable that came with the motherboard.
    but how do i know wheather its an 80-conductor cable or not?
    i've also tried the old ide cable but to no effect.
    could it have something to do with the sata settings at all?


  • #5
    duridian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    I don't know if it is a rule of thumb or not but most 80 conductor IDE cables I've seen seem to have a blue connector for the motherboard end and grey or black for the hard drive connectors. Is it possible that you have the blue one plugged into the hard drive rather than the motherboard?


  • #6
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Easiest way to check is to physically count the number of wires in the cable :p You should know by the time you're about 1/2 of the way over whether it'll be a 40wire or 80wire cable.

    Have you formatted and fdisked the disc?


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  • #7
    HacksawEddie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭HacksawEddie


    well i have the correct ide cable, its the cable that came with the motherboard so i dont think it's that.
    i havent formatted the drive as i already have win xp pro installed on there so i just wanted to keep everything with the new faster MB & processor, i dont see why this should be happening?!
    but i should mention one thing i noticed also:
    right after the NVRAM check on startup, for about a second or 2 the screen says:
    Serial_CH0 master: No Device
    Serial_Ch1 master: No Device
    press tab to enter SATA bios

    ...so i know this is relating to the SATA setup and maybe the MB is just asking where's the SATA drives or something? but i cant seem to find a setting in bios to tell the MB that i'm just using an IDE drive!
    any clues?


  • #8
    angelofdeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭angelofdeath


    i think i came across this before, you just have to disable the raid and sata controllers in the bios


  • #9
    HacksawEddie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭HacksawEddie


    great, thanks angel, i did that and that message is gone now.
    but im still stuck on the "error reading disk" screen
    will i have to format the hdd?!
    i hope not...its a pain in the ass!
    any other ideas as to what i could do?


  • #10
    angelofdeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭angelofdeath


    can you put it back in the old comp, free up some space, leave a bit of unpartitioned space for a second install, then copy all your stuff to the new install?


  • #11
    angelofdeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭angelofdeath


    actually before you do that do a chkdisk /r, a fixboot and fixmbr


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  • #12
    HacksawEddie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭HacksawEddie


    i had the windows drive partitioned already, so i just formatted and reistalled in the end...work fine
    thanks for the help all


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I know you already fixed it, but this is probably what the problem was:

    It sounds to me like the motherboards had different drive translation geometries set up (e.g. Large, 28-bit LBA and 48-bit LBA). These must match or else the boot sector will not be able to start the OS. For example, your new motherboard might be using 48-bit LBA to read the disk while the old mobo used 28-bit. This isn't a problem for some disks, but is for others.

    This also has a risk that if you try to use the disk in the new board it could cause data corruption. If you can find a copy of PartitionMagic for DOS (preferably version 8.0) try running it and see if it gives you an error about incorrect drive geometry. That can usually fix it, but not always. There's no need to do any of this if you already reformatted the drive, the drive will be reformatted in the new geometry.


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