yesterday i got the classic "reboot with proper booting device or insert proper booting device" error after a switch off and a cold boot. Now, the when i enter BIOS, under drives the only drive detected is my cd/dvd and cdrw/dvdrw drives. also, under boot priority, my hard drive is not listed. what i believe happened is that when i switched off, my BIOS settings got wiped. i have checked all my system connections in the box (everythings normal). I have no idea how to make it detect the hard drive.
anyone know how?
2007-01-01 12:22:07 · 6 answers · asked by George S 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
already tried resetting...
i dont want to give in to a dead HD w/o a fight, is there a way i can make it scan for hardware or sumthin, or can i insert an XP disk into the CD drive and figure out the problem after it boots?
im obviously not to familiar w/ this problem, ive never seen it b4
2007-01-01 12:28:10 · update #1
my system is completely custom built, but at boot up it shows the intel logo if that helps >_<
2007-01-01 12:35:05 · update #2
I'm not sure, but if your bios can't detect your hard disk...I don't thing booting from the windows disk will help......I think windows depends on your bios to pass in hardware. But try that and see if Windows setup program detects your hard disk.
Otherwise, you could try to flash your bios....by downloading and creating a bios bootable floppy....check your motherboard's manufacturer's website for instructions.
If you haven't already, try unplugging your IDE cable from both the hard disk and the motherboard and replugging it. Try new IDE cable or try a different hard disk if you can temporarily borrow one from somewhere. You could at least narrow the problem this way to either bios, or hard disk errors.
2007-01-01 14:40:16 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would change the CMOS setting to boot from HDD 0 or HDD 1 which ever is lowest in number and set the CD ROM as second boot device and floppy as the third. If your system still doesn't see the drive, then maybe your hard drive just went bad. Good luck, I hope this helps.
2007-01-01 12:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be your OS not finding boot file try this : press "delete" on starting of OS your bios cofiguration ll open up then from menu select boot device priority then select harddisk for all 3 choices press F10 to save yr configuration start again .may be it could start .
2016-05-23 04:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hard drive is probably dead... its not uncommon... if your bios isnt detecting the hard drive, try another see what it does :) make sure the hard drive is still plugged in, etc.
2007-01-01 12:23:55 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Burns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try resetting your bios
2007-01-01 12:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or auto detect. what type of system do you have.
2007-01-01 12:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by barrbou214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋