Depends on the chipset. If it's one that has all the USB and sata and ide controllers, then that won't work either.<br><br>If it has a split controller, sata/usb on one and ide/floppy on another, then booting from a ide optical sounds promising.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:09 PM, William Fragakis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william@fragakis.com">william@fragakis.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
In that case, might the system boot the Windows CD from an external<br>
cd/dvd drive?<br>
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On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 11:38 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:<br>
> On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 08:29 -0700, C Hendry wrote:<br>
> > What puzzles me is that if the problem is the HD or what is on or not<br>
> > on the HD,<br>
> ><br>
> > then why when booting from a Windows CD, do I get a BSOD even when I<br>
> > totally unplug the HD from the system (both the Power and Data<br>
> > cable)?<br>
><br>
> Sounds like you need to use the F6 additional driver option on the<br>
> Windows installer CD so that it can find the CD-ROM. You must have a<br>
> system that is highly unique, or uses SATA for the CD/DVD drive or<br>
> something---regardless, Windows doesn't have a driver for it, and it<br>
> sounds to me like you need a driver floppy for the CD.<br>
><br>
> --- Mike<br>
><br>
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