Vista - Vista boot up trouble

05-04-2008

I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as
the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not
having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the
message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up
from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive
and boot normally. Any ideas?

Bart

05-06-2008

I haven't had that problem, but have used this solution for other strange
boot issues:

Boot from the CD, then choose the repair option. I have found that even
when it says it did not find a problem, on the next boot, the system works
fine. Don't know why that is.

"Bart" wrote:

Quote:

> I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as
> the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not
> having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the
> message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up
> from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive
> and boot normally. Any ideas?
>
>
> Bart
>
>

**Brink** · 05-06-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Bart

I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as
the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not
having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the
message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up
from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive
and boot normally. Any ideas?

Bart

Hi Bart,

You might take a look at your BIOS boot option settings to make sure that the hard drive is listed as one of the devices to boot from. For example, I have my BIOS boot order set to boot from the CD/DVD drive first, then the hard drive. If there is no bootable cd in the drive, it will automatically boot to the hard drive.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

05-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
Bart n/a posts	Vista boot up trouble I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive and boot normally. Any ideas? Bart
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05-06-2008	#2 (permalink)
Greg n/a posts	RE: Vista boot up trouble I haven't had that problem, but have used this solution for other strange boot issues: Boot from the CD, then choose the repair option. I have found that even when it says it did not find a problem, on the next boot, the system works fine. Don't know why that is. "Bart" wrote: Quote: > I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as > the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not > having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the > message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up > from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive > and boot normally. Any ideas? > > > Bart > >
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05-06-2008	#3 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,056 posts	Re: Vista boot up trouble Quote: Originally Posted by Bart I have vista loaded on an INtel 865 motherboard with a 500 Gb SATA drive as the C drive. Installation was fine. If I reboot, I get the error about not having a boot device. If I have the Vista DVD in the ROM drive, I get the message about booting from Disc, but if I ignore it, the computer boots up from the Hard drive. I want to be able to to take the disc out of the drive and boot normally. Any ideas? Bart Hi Bart, You might take a look at your BIOS boot option settings to make sure that the hard drive is listed as one of the devices to boot from. For example, I have my BIOS boot order set to boot from the CD/DVD drive first, then the hard drive. If there is no bootable cd in the drive, it will automatically boot to the hard drive. Hope this helps, Shawn
My System Specs

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