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Disc Boot Error
System Info:
Windows 7 Enterprise 32-bit
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X@ Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20GHz
RAM: 2 GB
I am currently getting a weird error during my bootup. Anytime I boot my system up I get the error:
Disc Read Error
Press [Ctrl] [Alt] [Delete] to restart
UNLESS I have my windows XP install disc in the disc drive. With this disc in the drive it give me the option to press any key to boot from CD. I dont press any key and it boots up into my OS with no problems.
More about my setup.
I originally just had Vista 32-bit installed on an IDE drive designated at the C: drive. I installed a new Sata drive and was going to install XP on it. I had put my XP install disc in the drive but then remembered I got a free Win7 Install download from school (im a college student). I downloaded the install and ran it from Vista. I installed a clean install of windows 7 on the Sata drive designate as the E: drive. The whole time I installed it my XP disc was in the drive. There were no problems during the install.
If I disconnect all drives except for the Sata drive with Win7 on it I get the error messege:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
Im wondering if there is no boot record on my E: drive and the boot record on my C: drive is corrupted somehow? What makes the windows XP install disc special that it allows me to boot into either Vista or Win7? I have never installed XP on this system.