can some one tell me why i have to press esc and boot my master drive to get my pc to work just going on?

Question

i have a pesario compac pc windows xp and have recently had to do a system recorvery

Answer 1

Several possibilities I can think of based on the information you've provided

1. Changes have been made in your BIOS and each time your PC boots up its looking for a different drive (enter the BIOS and set drive detection to auto)

2. A new harddrive is installed and the above is not done

3. Chip creep = heat and cooling makes your connections become loose (disconnect what you can and reconnect them firmly - especially the drives)

4. Dust can reek havoc and cause 101 different faults. Use a vacuum cleanr to get whatever dust you can from the outside and use canned compressed air for the inside

5. Old computers or computers in unusual environments (i.e. hot or dusty) follow 3 & 4 and ensure your PC is in a place that maintains its temperature

6. Windows may be corrupt so you'll need to do a reinstallation NOTE: only reinstall if this fault is occuring AFTER the POST TEST (after 15 - 20 seconds)

Answer 2

Uhm I have no idea what you are talking about. My guess is every time you turn on your computer it asks you to choose a boot which is the Installer and Normal Windows.. If thats the case then just finish the install..

Next time be more specific. What on earth do you mean by I have to press esc and boot my master drive to get my pc to work?

Answer 3

Check to see if there are any other boot devices plugged in, like USB drives, or maybe an iPod or something like that, newer PCs will attempt to automatically boot to an external USB drive, like a thumb drive or iPod. Enter the BIOS and make sure that with any external drives that you plug in, your internal hard drive is set to boot first.

Answer 4

it wouldn't hurt to run the system file checker
go to start>run
type
scannow/ sfc

when prompted, insert your windows xp cd

Answer 5

Hmm restore or fresh clean install?