DVD Writer prob

population

Have just swapped over my DVD writer and the computer is giving a message saying "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"

What is going on and what do I have to do to sort it????

BoB_BoT

sounds like a bios boot order issue. Can you go into the bios as the computer boots up, go to boot order and make sure that it reads something like this

cd-drive, hard disk, other
or
hard disk, other, other

should resolve your problem. if not check to make sure you haven't unplugged your hard disk by mistake, or unseated the connections.

population

Checked all connections and they are all solid. Also it wont really let me go into bios. When I click the tab key to pull it up, it just goes straight to the screen giving the original fault???

Should I go into the "set up" screen instead?

population

Actually it is letting me in to bios now. Think I needed to be quicker on the button. Unfortuneatly it seems to recognise all the drives including the new one, but it is still giving the original error message.

kleefarr

Check your jumper setting on the new drive.

Outkast_IRE

He was saying check the boot order not if it recongises it.
You can actually set in the bios to boot , hard drive, cd/dvd drive or floppy and in which order
you want the hard drive first obviously

population

cheers all. off out but will try sort tommorrow