ME disk boot failure
Is the boot part of the system damaged in some way when I get this message
DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER |
ME disk boot failure
MISSINTERPRET_UK wrote:
Is the boot part of the system damaged in some way when I get this message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER * If you are trying to boot from the hard drive, make sure there is no disk in drive A. * Make sure the hard drive power connector and ribbon cable are connected. * For hard drives, verify that the primary partition is active. (Use FDISK for this) * If you cannot access the drive, enter the BIOS setup program and make sure the correct CMOS settings are chosen for the drive and make sure the hard drive and floppy controllers are enabled. Also check the boot order. Note: on most systems, you can use the auto detect feature to determine the correct CMOS parameters and to see if it can see the drive. * If you have two drives on the same IDE cable, try swapping the master/slave. * For IDE drives, check the jumper settings of all of the IDE devices, especially the master, slave or stand-alone jumpers. * For DOS, Windows* 95, Windows* 98 and Windows* Me, try to reinstall the necessary boot files. * For DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me, try to run the FDISK /MBR command. http://support.intel.com/support/mot.../CS-010355.htm John |
ME disk boot failure
In his reply, John J included :-
* For DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me, try to run the FDISK /MBR command. Warning - Be certain that your HDD does NOT have a third party 'Disk Overlay' utility installed (e.g. Symantec's GoBack) before attempting this DOS command. See "Error messages may be displayed when using Windows Me startup disk with Adaptec GoBack software" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266342/en-us Mart "John John" wrote in message ... MISSINTERPRET_UK wrote: Is the boot part of the system damaged in some way when I get this message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER * If you are trying to boot from the hard drive, make sure there is no disk in drive A. * Make sure the hard drive power connector and ribbon cable are connected. * For hard drives, verify that the primary partition is active. (Use FDISK for this) * If you cannot access the drive, enter the BIOS setup program and make sure the correct CMOS settings are chosen for the drive and make sure the hard drive and floppy controllers are enabled. Also check the boot order. Note: on most systems, you can use the auto detect feature to determine the correct CMOS parameters and to see if it can see the drive. * If you have two drives on the same IDE cable, try swapping the master/slave. * For IDE drives, check the jumper settings of all of the IDE devices, especially the master, slave or stand-alone jumpers. * For DOS, Windows* 95, Windows* 98 and Windows* Me, try to reinstall the necessary boot files. * For DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me, try to run the FDISK /MBR command. http://support.intel.com/support/mot.../CS-010355.htm John |
ME disk boot failure
Mart wrote:
In his reply, John J included :- * For DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me, try to run the FDISK /MBR command. Warning - Be certain that your HDD does NOT have a third party 'Disk Overlay' utility installed (e.g. Symantec's GoBack) before attempting this DOS command. See "Error messages may be displayed when using Windows Me startup disk with Adaptec GoBack software" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266342/en-us Mart Good point! As far as I'm concerned that monstrosity should have be killed before it ever made it out in public! In my opinion people still using GoBack are asking for trouble. John |
ME disk boot failure
"MISSINTERPRET_UK" wrote in message ...
Is the boot part of the system damaged in some way when I get this message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER If you are trying to install Windows ME, see the following about partitioning and formatting the hard drive. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867 Ben |
ME disk boot failure
"John John" wrote: MISSINTERPRET_UK wrote: Is the boot part of the system damaged in some way when I get this message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER * If you are trying to boot from the hard drive, make sure there is no disk in drive A. * Make sure the hard drive power connector and ribbon cable are connected. * For hard drives, verify that the primary partition is active. (Use FDISK for this) * If you cannot access the drive, enter the BIOS setup program and make sure the correct CMOS settings are chosen for the drive and make sure the hard drive and floppy controllers are enabled. Also check the boot order. Note: on most systems, you can use the auto detect feature to determine the correct CMOS parameters and to see if it can see the drive. * If you have two drives on the same IDE cable, try swapping the master/slave. * For IDE drives, check the jumper settings of all of the IDE devices, especially the master, slave or stand-alone jumpers. * For DOS, Windows* 95, Windows* 98 and Windows* Me, try to reinstall the necessary boot files. * For DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me, try to run the FDISK /MBR command. http://support.intel.com/support/mot.../CS-010355.htm John DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER Is there any way you could go through this step by step. I know that you press F1 I have windows XP Sr1520AN HP I just don't know what to hit next. Advanced tab and or Boot? I also don't know what it should read? NAME: HP Compaq Presario SR1520 MEMORY: 512MB PC3200 DDR HARD DRIVE: 80GB - 7200 RPM Serail ATA GRAHPICS: Intergrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (128MB) Shared Video memory OPTICAL STORAGE: Double layer (8.5GB) 16xDVD-ROM I get: IDE Channel 1 Master : None IDE Channel 1 Slave: None IDE Channel 2 Master : Lite-ON DVDRM SHOW-1633S BPSA IDE Channel 2 Slave : None IDE Channel 3 Master: None IDE Channel 4 Master None |
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