Solved Can't boot without the DVD

pointvicente

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I cannot boot Windows 8 without the DVD but I'm thinking its not Windows 8 and the bootloader its my motherboard along with the IDE 2nd hard drive (BIOS settings?). I get a message about my secondary maxtor IDE drive upon boot up. It says something like choose the following 1) FD No Emulation system HD00 2) FD No Emulation system HD00 2). It doesn't stay there too long it defaults to 1) and then says press any key to boot to DVD... then it boots up to Windows 8. However, if I do not have the Windows 8 DVD in the IDE DVD drive it will not boot it just flashes the "_" underscore and hangs. If the DVD is in the drive it works. Go figure. Any ideas?

Note: Gparted partition tools shows the correct boot flag. I'm not sure about the Fdisk status of the partition table maybe that will be next. I'm wondering if I should try the bootrec /fixboot command but concerned about having to start from scratch again.

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ASUS M5A88-V EVO AMD 880G AM3+
Kingston Memory KHX1600C9DX2K2/8GX Hyper x Gray 2X4GB (8GB)
Thermaltake TR2 600W ATX12V
AMD X4 970 black edition
No video card yet
Western Digital 160 GB sata (Not a Raid just a default setup)
Maxtor 160GB IDE
Phillips DVD 16x IDE writer.
Standard DVI monitor & cable
Antec 300 case.


 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    amd 970
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A88-V EVO
    Memory
    kingston hyper-x
    Graphics Card(s)
    none
It would help if you posted a pic of your Disk Management. There seems to be a bootmgr problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
I inserted a picture of the disk management. Its showing DISK 0 as the IDE where windows 7 is not installed. Not sure how to change the bios to switch that around. I'll have to look into that. Any other ideas?

drives.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    amd 970
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A88-V EVO
    Memory
    kingston hyper-x
    Graphics Card(s)
    none
What is on C: - Disk1 ??
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
C:\ Windows 8 operating system (Disk 1)
E:\ secondary IDE drive (Disk 0)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    amd 970
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A88-V EVO
    Memory
    kingston hyper-x
    Graphics Card(s)
    none
IDE HD drive, are listed first boot in BIOS by default, make your Sata HD drive is set first boot.
The IDE hd Drive will stay show in Windows as Disk0.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
the newer version of windows 8 fixed this issue without any tickering.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    amd 970
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A88-V EVO
    Memory
    kingston hyper-x
    Graphics Card(s)
    none
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