Yesterday, I turned on my computer after almost two of weeks of not using it and I got two errors on my "black welcome screen" that read " Secondary disk at drive 0 not found" and "Secondary disk at drive 1 not found". When I pressed the key to proceed it took too long to start up windows - the purple progress bar kept freezing - so I rebooted manually then it displayed the same errors. Today, it displayed only the " Secondary disk at drive 0 not found" and started up okay. I still wonder what could be wrong, if this is a symptom of a bigger problem.
2006-11-25 06:40:43 · 3 answers · asked by SeasTooFar 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The error message means that the computer is unable to find anything attached to the second IDE controller in the computer. Go into windows and check to see if any of the drives you normally have or gone (such as a second drive or you CD/DVD drive).
If not, then the BIOS of the computer reset itself (If the BIOS battery is old, that can happen if the PC sets for a while unused or is unplugged. You may have to go into the BIOS and look for a place to disable drive 0 on the second controller so it will not look for a device there. (That is why the PC is booting so slowing, it is spending time like for a device that is not there).
If you do have a missing device, you are probably going to have to have a pro look at the PC to determine why the device is failing.
2006-11-25 06:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try the System Restore which takes you back to a time when your computer was working good. Go To:
start
programs
accessories
systems tools
system restore
This process is completely reversable. And does not remove your personal files. Just go back one checkpoint at a time until your puter is working good again.
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2006-11-25 06:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did not say any thing about master, did you set the drives one master and one slave?.
2006-11-25 06:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋