Summary: hello i was having Maxtor 20 GB HDD. once i used the utility "Fix It" by Ontrack. it has a tool which check the HDD for future failure using S.M.A.R.T...
Summary: I used my old computer to do some simple works but it suddenly hanged and the ctrl-alt-del didnt work. The system shows the message "Primary Master Ha...
Summary: My computer suddenly won't boot. IDE auto detection can detect the HD, but gives messages: "Primary master hard disk fail", and then "Disk boot failur...
Summary: I am having troubles with my hard disk. The setup and BIOS detects my Hard disk alright but when booting after auto detecting it prints "Primary maste...
Summary: my comp worked fine last night and this morning it said primary hard disk fail press del for setup or f1 to boot from system recovery disk. if i do a ...
Summary: System Specifications: Gateway Solo 2150 Laptop Processor: Pentium Celeron Mobile 450 Mhz RAM: 160 MB of RAM OS: Windows XP Professional (no Service P...
Summary: hello. yesterday i had the misfortune of having my PC fail to boot up, just gave me the dreaded "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press Enter...
Summary: Hi, I get the following error when I boot my computer: "DISK BOOT FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." It looks like it only happens when the...
Summary: hi i am trying to upgrade my brothers pc.. however when i boot i have gone through all kinds of errors after fixing them i am not getting a Primary Sl...
Summary: I was trying to install Win Xp. After Xp copied the files and tried to restart i get the following message: "Primary master hsrd disk fail" The hard d...
Summary: Iam using Maxtor 30 GB.The problem is when the POST starts it gives me an error message i.e Primary Master Hard Disk Fail. Press F1 to continue or Del...
Summary: hi,every body; i have faced a serious problem regarding my desktop pc.The hard disk probably has failed. When I started to boot the machine, it displa...
Summary: Open the case and make sure the cable is seated well into the drive and the mainboard. This is hardware only not related to your virus infection. Har...
Summary: I recently bought a new motherboard and processor (ecs 755-a/athlon64 3000+) because I kept getting the "DISK BOOT FAILURE: INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRE...
Summary: A couple of days ago I installed a 5 Gb hard disk to my computer, which already had a 40 Gb Western Digital Caviar hd. Days went by and then I started...
Summary: I needed to run Fixboot in the rec. console because i wanted to make my serial-ata the main boot disk instead of my ide. I booted with the XP CDrom. F...
Summary: Hi Doug Have you fdisked and formatted this new drive? Did you back up all your CAD stuff? You prob get a boot failure message because the hdd can't ...
Summary: Hi, My PC was working fine until this evening. But i just started it & it says "boot device not found, please insert the boot disk and press any key.....
Summary: I am currently unable to boot my computer normally, my Primary Master and Primary Slave cannot be detected and I get a boot failure message. When I tr...
Summary: my desktop is suffering from intermeitent, apparent boot failures, usually after I wake it up from being suspended (not hibernation). When I click the...
Summary: http://computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/139012.html Hello, that is a link to a guy with problems on another forum. I thought he just messed up h...
Summary: Hi, I had posted earlier on this forum about the front portion of my computer getting unusually hot. I have pinned this problem down to my 160GB ata h...
Summary: When I turn on my old 486, the computer begins starting up but makes a beeping sound every three seconds or so. After some time, while still in DOS, i...
Summary: I have a Dell Optiplex GS (service tag: L2M5L) system with a Pentium 166mhz processor, 40mb of RAM, Western Digital 341mb HDD master and a Seagate 214...
Summary: Do you guys know anything about this message, "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER". I'm trying to install XP on : amd 2100+, a7v333...
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