Carputer Just Together, Need HELP!!! - Page 2

A4ringedONE8T · 05-15-2007, 11:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Redian

dude, when it says boot from CD... you ahve to press ANY key

else it will just wait on that for like 5-10 seconds (depending on yer BIOS) then try to run off of something else.

when it cant run off of something else.. it gives you the disk boot failure.

just rpess a key when it says boot form cd..

dude! I aint that ******* stupid

DodgeCummins · 05-16-2007, 09:17 PM

Is it a new install disk? or a copy?

Is your mobo set to boot from that CD drive first?

Try the disk in a different computer.

Make sure your connections are correct.

etc...

DarquePervert · 05-17-2007, 06:19 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by A4ringedONE8T

Thats what I was thinking. Is there a different power source that would work better other than the M2-ATX? How else could I power the stuff, Ive seen quite a few comments "your powering everthing with the M2" like theres another way???

Take the computer out of the car and into your house/apartment/office/workshop.
Use an AC power supply (like one that you'd put into a desktop PC) to power everything and see if you can get Windoze loaded that way.

If it all works inside on an AC power supply, then you know your hardware is good and the problem lies with the PSU or the amount of hardweare you're trying to power wit it. If it doesn't work, then you've got to find the faulty hardware. Again, I'd lean toward the CD drive or IDE cable.

Is your CD drive a full-size desktop drive or a slim laptop drive?

wired48 · 05-19-2007, 05:02 PM

Copyin the XP cd to the HDD will not work as the files on the cd are files to be installed and not the installed files( hence the "missing NTldr" message). Since you have a laptop you can copy the files of XP installation on drive C to your USB HDD. you can also try another XP installation CD. the one you are using might have the XP files but it is not a bootable CD. if it is not bootable you will have to install for a computer that already has an OS installed.

DarquePervert · 05-19-2007, 06:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by wired48

Copyin the XP cd to the HDD will not work as the files on the cd are files to be installed and not the installed files( hence the "missing NTldr" message).

Well... That won't get WinXP funtional, but it can be installed from the files that were copied to the HDD...
You'd need some other boot media, though. A boot floppy or a bootable CD, which brings us back to square one.

screwrules · 09-04-2007, 10:44 AM

dudeee i got da same problem :S ... can u tell me if u have worked it out or not ??

mingo · 10-31-2007, 11:06 PM

i'm in the same boat. i bought my carputer form mp3car.com it's the beginner's package thing. i hear the cd spinning and the optical lens shifting around. but after a few minutes it'll give the error message.