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boot disk failure
Name: Dark_it Date: May 24, 2006 at 14:27:33 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: celeron 2ghz 256mb sdram Product: ms 6534
Comment:
I just built a pc from spares Iv collected but when I boot up it says boot disk failure insert system disk. but I don’t have any disks for motherboard. What can I do????????
Name: chineser Date: May 24, 2006 at 14:40:12 Pacific
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i think that you problem is, because you havent install any OS on the hard disk..
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Response Number 2
Name: street1 Date: May 24, 2006 at 15:16:15 Pacific
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If this is a new system with a hard disk that has never been formatted before, you need to boot from a floppy first, and partition and format the hard disk. Try that. If you were trying to boot from the floppy disk drive, troubleshoot the floppy disk drive. If you were trying to boot from the hard drive, troubleshoot the hard disk drive.
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Response Number 3
Name: bluedog Date: May 24, 2006 at 23:04:56 Pacific
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best bet format and start again download drivers on a seperate pc burn to disk and install
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Response Number 4
Name: JimPIM Date: May 25, 2006 at 02:58:17 Pacific
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Hi, Disk boot failure usually refers to a boot disk that is not a boot disk. FDisk and Format will make it bootable but all data will be lost. Fdisk /mbr and Sys C: would make it bootable. It should have AUTOEXEC.BAT (Visible) plus MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS (hidden) in the root to be bootable. Good Luck, Jim
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Response Number 5
Name: Dark_it Date: May 26, 2006 at 04:36:33 Pacific
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thanks for all your replies. how do i boot from floppy.
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Response Number 6
Name: JimPIM Date: May 26, 2006 at 05:07:40 Pacific
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Hi, Set your BIOS SETUP to boot from A:. Put a Floppy BOOT DISK in the drive and apply power. If the comp is basically sound you should soon be up in DOS (A:> Prompt). If it does that then shut down and start adding components until you have a problem. Last one added has the problem. You don't have to add the MB drivers until you have an OS up and running. Good Luck, Jim
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