I recently changed my computer case. Now there seems to be something wrong, when I switch the computer on I get the following message "disk boot failure please insert system disk & press enter".
So I created a bootup disk and booted from the cdrom. But then it came up with an error message saying that it could not detect the hard drive and to contact the system administrator. So I thought the hard drive was corrupt, I changed the hard drive and inserted another one but got the same message. I changed the cables but get the same message. Can anyone help me please cos I have been struggling with this for a week and it is doing my head in.
Thanx in advance.
2007-03-10 12:09:23 · 10 answers · asked by Mr. 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
The disk is broken how old
2007-03-10 12:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You broke it. And you want someone who has not seen it to fix it. :-))
Are you sure that you've put the cables in the right way round and in the right connector on the motherboard?
What does the bios see by way of disks? Does it see the hard disk? Does it see the hard disk on bus 0 or bus 1? Master or slave?
It really *should* be master on bus 0 to work as the boot disk for windows.
If it doesn't see it and the cable is the right way round at both ends then... something's broken. If a second hard drive didn't fix it... and the wiring is correct... then it looks like a motherboard failure. Or is the cable broken?
Or did you miss off something important like the power lead?
2007-03-10 20:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried reinstalling the operating system and setting the cmos on the boot menue that the cd-rom drive is the first thing it needs to find a boot record from,then it will pick up your o.s. disk and ask if you want the h.d. formatted, format then reinstall your o.s. and put boot menu so the first thing it seaches from boot record is hard drive then it should work.
If you've changed the h.d. then you cant bring it back from a homeade boot disk, you have to have and windows operating reinstallation disk.
2007-03-10 20:18:13 · answer #3 · answered by Corey Lucas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You either dont have a bootable disk in the drive, or you need to fix your BIOS settings... If i was on the site i could do it for you.. but i think you created a disk but not in bootable format..
Or maybe you have thre drive occuppied with the disk when you turn it on.... there are like 3 possibilities to solve this!
2007-03-10 20:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a problem with the hard drive. Check the connection on your hard drive make sure it is hooked up properly and has the power cable plugged in. Look at the connectors on the IDE slot and make sure you didn't bend any of them. Also check the bios and ensure it is set up properly
2007-03-10 20:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Double check that the jumper on the back of the drive is set to MA (master) and that your BIOS is set to boot from HDD0.
2007-03-10 20:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on ur bios setup make it default and restart ur computer if not check if ur hdd is master and ur cd rom is slave or reverse otherways unplug ur cd rom/dvdrom and try to use only ur hdd , if its a new hdd u have to to a complet format .most of time this error message is resolved by configuting the bios setup.
2007-03-10 20:14:03 · answer #7 · answered by Sammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put back the original case.
2007-03-10 20:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by What D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably not plugged into the same exact spot as before ... or somthing else isnt plugged in good or ryt ... loading bios defaults may get it going ...
2007-03-10 20:14:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋