I have tried everything and I don't know what else to do. I am working on a dell inspiron 1150. I have installed a new hard drive and I'm attempting to install windows xp pro. The problem is that I absolutely can't boot from the cd rom drive, even though I have changed the boot order in the bios. I keep getting a black screen with the message, "no boot sector on hard disk - No bootable devices ----Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility. I have even attempted to use an external cd rom drive and set the first order in the boot sequence to USB storage device but I continue to get the same message. I am just about ready to throw this thing out the window!! Can anyone help me with this?
Try to installed dell print
The operating system cd was not bootable, so the search goes to the hard drive whichhas no system. Either a bootable cd is requied or turn on yes to the usb devices in cmos.
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I don't understand what you mean, sweetness897.
i have the same problem, but from a latitude d600, not the inspiron. i can hear the drive spinning, but the bios doesn't recognize it.
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