The hard disk drive is corrupted or has failed or has a loose connector, or
the hard disk drive controller is faulty, or the hard disk drive is
misconfigured in BIOS setup.

You will need to obtain a boot floppy - see he
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Be sure to follow the directions on the site for creating the boot floppy
from the download file.

You should do a thorough inspection of the hard disk drive installation,
checking for loose connections, then run the hard disk drive diagnostic
program available from the hard disk drive manufacturer's www site.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"pjhjones" wrote in message
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I have a WIN 98 machine that during boot up gives the following message:

"Drive Not Ready
Insert BOOT diskette in A:
Press any key when ready_"

When I press any key I get.
"Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0. . Not found
Searching for Boot Record from Floppy. .Not found"

Then a repeat of "Drive Not Ready..."