why does my ATA seagate harddrive reboot itself at the windows login screen? the drive is set to master w/ no slave...when i first boot the computer (dell dimension with no floppy, test computer), i hear BEEP...pause...BEEP BEEP BEEP and see DISK A: ERROR PRESS DEL TO CONTINUE..so i press DEL and it continues to boot..i see the windows xp screen and then it reboots. any help? seagate ATA 80gb 7200 HD. thanks
2007-01-08 11:48:41 · 4 answers · asked by klsdjflkdsjf 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
if u r not connecting a floppy derive,then????????????????????
try to connect a floppy drive,and see what will happened.
this is not a windows problem and not a harddrive problem as i guess.
2007-01-08 12:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by tim6630_2006 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a drive failure. Search for computer beep codes. Count the long and short beeps. That will tell you something. You will need another computer on which to do the search.
2007-01-08 11:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by sparbles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to look up the beep codes on the dell website and see what it is telling you.
2007-01-08 11:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Joe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like you have a bad hard drive.I personally do not like Seagate products for the reason that they do not last like others I have used.
2007-01-08 12:01:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jim C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋