CD ROM Problem

[jordxn7]

Hi,

I recently obtained a new 'old' AST 233MX. I had windows on another old computer which I didn't really want any more so to 'save time' I just put the hard drive in the newer one. Unfortunetly the CD Rom won't work, (The hard drive is partitioned into C:, and D: ). If start up with a boot disk it does find the cd rom excpet not my hard drive. PLEASE HELP!

I'm also wondering about a PCI Ethernet Controller drives but I'll save that for another day. ANY HELP is apprecaited,

Thanks;
Jordan

 

[deuce]

So can you boot into windows? Swaping hard drives like that is fairly hard to do since usually none of the drivers are usually good anymore and you need to get all new ones. If you can get into windows, and all that isn't working is the cd then you can either obtain the correct drivers for it and install them or you can use the cd from the "old" computer (the one that originally had the HD you are using) and put that in since the HD already has the drivers for it. If it isn't booting then you might need to start over and actually install windows. It will just be much easier and you will really spend more time trying to get all the right drivers where as a clean install only takes 30-60 min. Doing it the way you are now at the point of not being able to boot you will spend way more time than a clean install.


BTW... welcome to the boards...

 

[~Candy~]

Did you go into the bios setup to 'tell' the machine about it's new hard drive?

 

[jordxn7]

well kind of,

Because it was a 10Gig drive I couldn't get it to the comupter to see in the old computer I had, so I had to get this program in order to get it to work, so when it boots up it has to find it every time, the program is called 'ONTRACK diskwizard by seagate technology.' I don't really know, but I think maybe I should just reboot reinstall windows...

 

[~Candy~]

No, you'll need the software overlay to recognize the drive if your bios isn't.....maybe I am misunderstanding your post....you CAN get into windows, is that correct? And once there the cdrom drive isn't being recognized? If so, you may need to load real mode drivers in the autoexec.bat or config.sys files.

What is the make and model of the cdrom?