Thread: XP OS, will not boot beyond BIOS

I have an AMD 2800+ with X Professional; I also don’t have the original XP CD but I have the 25 digit product code and also another Windows XP Professional which is a legal one. I am unable to get into it and to change the options within, the BIOS; but I can’t get any additional than that.

This is the sequence of events:

1) Original PATA disk which was partitioned (C & D)
2) Added WD 500GB SATA and partitioned it (F & G). Using WD Data Lifeguard Tools I transferred everything from C to F and from D to G.
3) I have disconnected the old drive and made the new drive the active/system disk.
4) Everything is working well and I have also installed the Windows updates in the computer, etc.
5) When I next booted the pc I received a menu which is asking which Operating System you want to load. The screen also showed (from the memory, something like):

Windows XP
Windows XP

6) It didn’t even made any difference when the option which I picked since the PC booted to the Windows desktop. I once had encountered with a similar problem to this and it involved me for running of MSCONFIG. When I started running the MSConfig and looked in the Boot.ini tab and under [Operating Systems] I predictable to be able to delete one of the duplicate “Windows XP” entries but there was only an entry for Recovery Console, so that I can delete it.
7) When I rebooted, I found our that I was able to get into the BIOS and make changes for any option – if necessary – but once you are out of it then it would get just the past where I would be able to see that what is HDD's were it is present and then the screen goes black and nothing happens.
8) I have also tried for re-connecting of the original disk but I receive the same kind of result on the screen.

I need help. What should I do to overcome the problem?

Thanks

If you boot you computer with the XP disk and it doesn't attempt to install, or add remove modules then I would state that the HDD or the SATA Controller in your computer is being dead; when you are in BIOS does it see the HDD.