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**TimC** · 11-12-2006

You should be able to boot from an XP installation disc, I certainly can.

Is the old HD still in place or is it disconnected?

One of my systems will only boot from a CD/DVD device that's connected as the slave on the primary IDE channel. It will ignore the secondary channel.

11-12-2006	#2 (permalink)
TimC Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Brand New installation of XP Pro SP2 not booting.. You should be able to boot from an XP installation disc, I certainly can. Is the old HD still in place or is it disconnected? One of my systems will only boot from a CD/DVD device that's connected as the slave on the primary IDE channel. It will ignore the secondary channel.