When i boot my pc it didnt show up the windows screen instead it shows 'reboot or insert proper boot media device.....' what should i do?i try to adjust the boot sequence so it boot from hardisk 1st but the bios cant detect my hardisk...what to do??
2006-10-31 20:36:51 · 8 answers · asked by Ex-Vandals 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It may be as simple as removing a floppy disk, or it may be a CMOS config problem that is not pointing to the right boot device. If you have tried both of these then (yikes) it may be that your hard drive is crashed. If this is the case you may be able to get it back by booting from a bootable system floppy disk or a windows CD and then running scandisk on the hard drive.
2006-10-31 20:46:40 · answer #1 · answered by vicfta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey the problem is that you startup your pc with floppy disks in the floppy drive ...or flashdisk. remove any media even cd's in the cd-rom try this and i guess your pc will boot smoothly if it does not try this
check in setup if your computer Recognizes your HDD if not change jumper setting and see if it works if not maybe we can say your HDD if off
...another thing you can do if the pc recognises the HDD but it does not boot then try to recover using your XP CD
-look for an xp CD and run setup ..on your first page it gives you to repair or continue choose the repair by pressing R
it will bring up command promt ...here you have to know how to controll your pc using DOS
choose the drive number where windows is located ..it will prompt u to put admin password ...type it correctly
then on command prompt
-type help
it will show you many options there there is a command of writting a new master boot record (do this if u r sure of the drive ..if u r running more than two OS(ie XP and linux) the dont do this )
-then choose the partition you want to write the boot record .
-reboot your pc
if it does not work then there other many options to take ...reinstall your OS ...or repair your OS
2006-10-31 21:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by sekiki2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you say the BIOS cannot detect your HD, it has nothing to do with floppy disks or cd-roms in your drives.
Some possible causes:
- (worst one I think): your HD is not any more...
How can you now? Put the HD in another PC. But first check the other possible causes.
- lost connection: open the PC and check the connection to your HD (sometimes this happen after moving the PC)
- not enough power: sometimes transfo's become tired and don't give enough power anymore. Enough for the motherboard, but not enough for the mechanical devices like a HD. Sometimes you see it if the fans are not going fast. Someone with electrician knowledge can help. New transfo will do it.
- the BIOS loses his information. Check the date. If it is not correct (typically 1/1/1970) that's the problem. Ask the computershop to help.
- try to let the BIOS scan for your HD. If he doesn't recognize it automaticcaly, search for the spefications (mostly on a label on the HD) and configure it manually
- the importand HD-companies (like Maxtor) have also good tools to check your HD
Good luck!
2006-10-31 22:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Taaner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to boot using a bootable CD.
2006-10-31 20:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ranuka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-05 10:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by embrey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to be the problem is with your HD.Change the HD and try again..
2006-11-01 01:01:45 · answer #6 · answered by AcE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bet u have a floppy or a cd inserted in ure computer ....take it out and then try
2006-10-31 20:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by aditya_bahri999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a new hdd and reinstall windows
2006-10-31 20:41:19 · answer #8 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋