Computer SpecsOperating System - Windows XP Professional SP2, OEM & Legal(used on old motherboard)
Motherboard(Current & never been used) – MSI_P67A-C43(B)
Service Packs - 2 & 3
Computer Model - Generic (built at Computer Convention during June 2001)
Memory - 4GB
Sound – Onboard
Video(card) – PNY 512MB
Harddrives (3) All Seagate Barracuda
#1 Seagate (SATA) 500GB – never been used but is the one I wanted to install OS on.
#2 Seagate (IDE) 500GB – Storage Drive
#3 Seagate (SATA)1TB – Storage Drive
Issue: I was attempting to install the operating system on the 500GB Seagate harddrive but keeping getting the following error message:
SETUPLDR Couldn’t open drive(0) multi(0) disk(0) rddisk(0) partition(1)I have been in BIOs screen and have the boot options set up correctly
A) DVD-RW
B)HD
At first I thought I couldn’t install the drive because I the motherboard was confused(for want of a better description) about which harddrive to install the operating system on but after checking the case I remember that I although there was a cable connected to the IDE harddisk, that the other end of the cable WASN’T connected to IDE controller card (in the pci slot). So, that couldn’t be the issue.
I went into BIOs and changed the SATA connection to ACHI, then to RAID, then to IDE and neither of those worked because I keep getting the same error message mentioned above. I read in another post a suggestion about setting the SATA controller to ATA and not to ACHI. Unfortunately that won’t work for me as the ones I mentioned are the only options I have other than disabling it.
I thought maybe it was my harddrive, that it was dead as a doornail, so I disconnected it from my MSI motherboard and connected to my sister’s(the one I’m using right now to communicate). Her computer which is a Compaq Presario which has SATA capabilities picked on the drive right away. Of course I couldn’t see the drive until I used Seagate DiscWizard to format the drive as a Primary NTFS partition but once that was done the drive was fully viewable. I also connected the TB storage drive just to make sure that it was viable as well and it was. All my video files are still as intact as the day I put them on there.
Can someone please tell me what exactly does the error message SETUPLDR Couldn’t open drive(0) multi(0) disk(0) rddisk(0) partition(1) mean and how can I get this issue resolved before my sister comes to take back her computer(which is what I’m using right now)?
I have trying to get work for the last few days and I'm at the end of my rope.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,