My Compaq Presario 1245 laptop is showing "Boot Disk Failure" at startup, and the Cd drive doesnt work. They both show up in BIOS, and I have tried changing the boot order. Booting from a floppy doesnt work either. Would the Cd drive not working be caused by the hard drive not working? Does the fact that they show up in BIOS mean that they still work?? What should I do??
2007-02-15 04:43:35 · 4 answers · asked by clone17 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
YES it is a bootable disk
NO the cd isnt damaged
YES the computer is plugged in
YES the inside conections are hooked up
2007-02-15 05:01:25 · update #1
And Im not trying to boot from a CD, because the CD drive doesnt work.
2007-02-15 05:02:35 · update #2
try using a boot disk that should have come with your OS depending on if it came with one or not. Sounds like ur HDD failed.
2007-02-15 05:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by sonarsunlite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 04:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a family member of mine had the same exact problem, your probably gonna need a new CD drive
2007-02-15 05:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by aimbot.hslolol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure that the cd you are trying to boot is a bootable cd?
2007-02-15 04:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋