Being an experienced PC builder and repairer I’m stumped with the following, hopeing you can help me. I started installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit onto a IDE HDD, but when the PC restarted as part of the installation it refused to boot past the page that states what drives are fitted with the Smart ok, etc. I’ve tried to enter the SETUP and BOOT FROM mode and although the selections show as being choseen nothing happens. I have tried the HDD as a Master and also a Slave to seperate working Masters (XP & 7), but the PC will not go past the aforementioned page. It seems my PC is only for 32 Bit programs so I suspect my 64 Bit installation has caused the trouble I’m experiencing. How can I get my PC to accept the IDE HDD with the first stage of Windows 7 Ult 64 Bit?
I’m running with a Pentium 4 CPU & 2Gb RAM.
Is IDE HDD Compatible For Win7 X64 Install?
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the regular old 478 P4? If so thats why, you can’t run 64 bit OS’s
on a 32 bit chip. thats why your drive isn’t booting, can’t run 64
bit code through a 32 bit only chip.
Format the drive and install a 32 bit version of windows.
If you can’t get the PC to POST and it did POST before then my guess would be the jumpers on the IDE drives are not set correctly.
The content on the hard drive doesn’t matter until you get to the boot stage. Sounds like you may not be getting that far.
When using TWO drives on one cable you must have one set as Master and one set as Slave. Or you could set both to CS (cable select). When using Master/slave settings either drive can be connected to either connector. When using CS the drive on the end of the cable will be the Master.
You don’t appear to be very experienced with computer hardware. These rules have been in effect for some time now.
Set the jumpers correctly then boot to a 32 bit Windows disk and install.
OK, guys’n gals. This is how I finally managed to repair the HDD. To begin with, if all that I have written was understood everyone should have been aware that my computer would only Boot so far before freezing, which meant I COULDN’T USE ANY KIND OF DISK TO FORMAT, Etc, MY FAULTY HDD. And even though I was inundated with the same info, more or less, there was nothing that could be done. However, my theory of the HDD with a partial 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate being installed on the HDD meant it was looking for a 64 bit computer. I guess this has never happened before because no-one seemed to understand what the problem was, even though I went to great lengths to inform them. Anyway, I found someone with a 64 bit PC & OS, a computer that was accepted by the HDD. It formatted easily and is now refitted into my 32 bit PC with a 32 bit Windows 7 Ult installed. I’m actually using the new system to write this. So, everyone, like sitting an exam, you should always read the question/info at least twice before writing an answer that might be completely bollocks. ‘Nough said, except thanks to all for trying to help me. 🙂