[thegeniusguy]

ok here is the deal...

i have an internal hard drive...since it was not been used i decided to install windows xp on it..and i bought some cables on ebay that you can connect SATA to USB...when i tried to boot form it via USB i get a blue screen. i can see the Windows XP loading and then right after that i get the blue screen and my computer restarts...my BIOS recognizes the hard drive... i have done some research and so far of what i have read or comprehended to my understending i need a firewire in order to boot from the hard drive...but not sure...

thank you in advance for all your answers...

[Redviera]

when the computer starts put in the operating system cd and boot from the cd
choose the repair option (press r)
it should come up with a dos screen with a choice between harddrives choose the new one and press enter
then it should come up with a C:/WINDOWS> or something similar
type CHKDSK /r
and that should sort it out

[thegeniusguy]

Originally Posted by Redviera

when the computer starts put in the operating system cd and boot from the cd
choose the repair option (press r)
it should come up with a dos screen with a choice between harddrives choose the new one and press enter
then it should come up with a C:/WINDOWS> or something similar
type CHKDSK /r
and that should sort it out

ive tested this hard drive with a desktop and it works perfect....

here is the link of the adapters i bought...

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-in-1-USB-2-0-T...4|293:1|294:50

[philthomas]

Are yo sure your bios supports booting from USB ?

[thegeniusguy]

yes, the bios supports the USB, but a few minutes ago i was talking to a friend of mine that is a computer science major and he said it will be close to a miracle that i will get that hard drive to boot..

[philthomas]

Are you certain the bios supports "booting from USB" ..... not just supporting USB ? ..... as only newer versions of bios normally do. There should be a specific setting in bios, if it does.

If it definiely supports "booting from USB" then it should work ok.

[thegeniusguy]

your right...when i go into the BIOS to set up the priority booting device.. i see (1) cd-rom, (2) Internal HDD (3)the USB..
so i select the option (3)
and the hard drive starts to boot...and i can see the Windows XP loading screen..i attached a link so you know what im talking about and right after that thats when the computer crashes...

may be i have to update my BIOS...

[Hybr!d]

I removed the link, that site blocks hotlinking so the image didnt show.

[thegeniusguy]

No problem...im sorry if im breaking any rules by posting links....