What is IDE-0???

Question

When I starts the computer, on POST screen it says SEARCHING BOOT FROM IDE-0...OK

I don't wanna boot anything....so plz tell me how should I solve this problem.

When it says SEARCHIG BOOT FROM IDE-0...ok after this message my computer dosen't start. my computer just stays on the same screen.

Answer 1

IDE-0 is where your hard drive is plugged in. Most computers (prior to SATA) have two (IDE-0 and IDE-1) Each IDE has a ribbon cable coming out of it, and has two plugs - so you can set the jumpers on your hard drive or CD/DVD drive and have any combination of up to four devices operating in your machine.

When it says 'searching boot from ide-0... ok' it means that it is looking on IDE-0 for a hard drive with a boot partition. Once it has found it (unless it is corrupted) it should boot to whatever O/S is on the machine.

If you 'don't want to boot anything' then you should probably disconnect the computer, put it in a box, and give it to someone else.

Answer 2

there is no problem. Starting your computer is called booting up. IDE-0 is the first hard drive (computers start counting at 0 not 1). So it is doing exaclty what it si supposed to be doing.

It is starting, and looking for the first hard drive (IDE-0) to BOOT from and load up Windows.

Answer 3

But does your computer boot? If it does you have nothing to worry about, its just searching for the primary hard drive to boot from sounds like.

Answer 4

There is something wrong with your hard drive. It could be anything from a complete failure to a loss of connection to the motherboard. I have had a similar thing happen to me where the motherboard failed in one specific spot and could not use the hard drive or cd drive. Take it to a computer repair shop, they might be able to fix it.