New PC will only boot with install disk in tray?

[diluzio91]

Just built an i7 tig and got windows installed, but the OS will only boot if there is a CD in the tray. Please HELP!!

[SXRguyinMA]

hard drive issue?

[diluzio91]

hard drive issue?

none that i know of, i tested the SSD's already

[blaze15301]

i had that issue. all i did was mess around with the boot order in the bios. and the other time it happen i think i did something to screw up the mbr.

[DrkSide]

Hmmm.....What OS? I am assuming 7. Have you tried to boot with no cd drive attached or making the ssd the only boot option?

Also, you said ssd's so does that mean you are running a RAID array?

Edit: Also you can check the boot settings for the os by running msconfig and selecting the boot tab.

Just wondering, does it matter what CD is in the drive?

[diluzio91]

it has to be my windows disk... im gonna try to reinstall 7 quickly... i did have a little issue trying to get the machine to boot... ill update in a bit.

[DrkSide]

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7repair/thread/2d7f1839-777e-4a2f-959c-da7ecd4d6615

Found that on a quick google search may help you out to do a boot repair instead of complete reinstall (may be a little faster)

[blaze15301]

it has to be my windows disk... im gonna try to reinstall 7 quickly... i did have a little issue trying to get the machine to boot... ill update in a bit.
that sounds like what happen to me the first time mine did that. i messed with the boot order then i just reinstalled it and it worked. also shortly after me drive died on me.

[diluzio91]

i figured it out. I disabled ACHI, enabled IDE, then built the raid array. OS loaded on the first install after that... lol.

[diluzio91]

i figured it out. I disabled ACHI, enabled IDE, then built the raid array. OS loaded on the first install after that... lol.

[diluzio91]

i figured it out. I disabled ACHI, enabled IDE, then built the raid array. OS loaded on the first install after that... lol.

[diluzio91]

i figured it out. I disabled ACHI, enabled IDE, then built the raid array. OS loaded on the first install after that... lol.

[MrGoat]

IDE + SSD = bad. You are gimping yourself for no particular good reason and you lose TRIM support which may cause your performance to degrade in the longrun.(Depends on the drive some have built in trash collection.. also no TRIM on current raid drivers fyi)

When windows will boot with the cd in and not without means your drive or array is not in the boot order. The reason it boots with the cd in the tray is that its loading the boot loader from the cd which looks for your drives and passes the boot sequence that way. What you need to do is build it up in AHCI and then check your boot order and verify that your drive\array is on top.

[diluzio91]

lol. after many hours of putzing around, ACHI is enabled.... :D first thing the client tries to do? Eject the system disk. lmao

[SXRguyinMA]

first thing the client tries to do? Eject the system disk. lmao

:facepalm:

[diluzio91]

fortunately windows isnt suicidal and denied him.

[CanaBalistic]

You should have that set to RAID even if you dont intend on having an aray, It turns on ACHI too. You might run into troubles with windows if you set it to ACHI only and install an aray later.

[diluzio91]

theres already a raid array. lol... i just keep putzing till it works