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DISK BOOT FAILURE
I couple of weeks ago, my win98 box said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM
DISK AND PRESS ENTER". Me and my dad had been trying to fix the CD drive on it, and then it said that message on the next boot up. The win98 was factory installed, so I couldn't boot from CD (besides, the CD drive was still not working), and when I ran a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com , it said it could not detect any physical hard drives. I already took apart the computer and am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me what to do if that happens to my other (and much more valueable) winXP box. Any suggestions? |
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DISK BOOT FAILURE
I couple of weeks ago, my win98 box said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". Me and my dad had been trying to fix the CD drive on it, and then it said that message on the next boot up. The win98 was factory installed, so I couldn't boot from CD (besides, the CD drive was still not working), and when I ran a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com , it said it could not detect any physical hard drives. I already took apart the computer and am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me what to do if that happens to my other (and much more valueable) winXP box. Any suggestions? Well... the machine was probably repairable but now that you've snipped wires etc...you probably destroyed it! |
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From: "bouldercrazy"
| I couple of weeks ago, my win98 box said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM | DISK AND PRESS ENTER". Me and my dad had been trying to fix the CD drive on | it, and then it said that message on the next boot up. The win98 was factory | installed, so I couldn't boot from CD (besides, the CD drive was still not | working), and when I ran a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com , it said it could | not detect any physical hard drives. I already took apart the computer and | am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and | snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me what | to do if that happens to my other (and much more valueable) winXP box. Any | suggestions? Examine the cables (IDE and Power) and make sure they are snug. Check the Master-Slave jumper settings of the IDE chain. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm |
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"David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... From: "bouldercrazy" | I couple of weeks ago, my win98 box said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM | DISK AND PRESS ENTER". Me and my dad had been trying to fix the CD drive on | it, and then it said that message on the next boot up. The win98 was factory | installed, so I couldn't boot from CD (besides, the CD drive was still not | working), and when I ran a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com , it said it could | not detect any physical hard drives. I already took apart the computer and | am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and | snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me what | to do if that happens to my other (and much more valueable) winXP box. Any | suggestions? Examine the cables (IDE and Power) and make sure they are snug. Check the Master-Slave jumper settings of the IDE chain. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm Good advise Dave..... yesterday I changed my CD drive (which was nackered) from an old computer but forgot to check the master-slave setting first. Yep!! I had to take it out again and correct the setting Bob |
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" am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me what to do ------------------- dont mention 'Bomb' on the net,,,,, you may get a visit from our globes 'peace-keepers'. |
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Too late. You must send his replies to Guantanamo now!
-- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Rex" wrote in message ... | | " am toying with the motherboard and other stuff (pretending itsa bomb and | snippin' wires and stuff), but i was wondering if you guys could tell me | what | to do | ------------------- | | dont mention 'Bomb' on the net,,,,, you may get a visit from | our globes 'peace-keepers'. | | |
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