Summary: Ok, So i am cleaning off an old dell PC for someone. I am going to list all of the troubleshooting steps i have tried below so please take a look and ...
Summary: well, i was having a million problems with my pc so a friend of mine came over and threw in a program called wipe down which he has used many times in...
Summary: Please help. When turning on computer I get black screen with message saying DRive Not Ready, Insert BOOT diskette in A: I do not have this boot dis...
Summary: Just read your messages, I'm trying to solve a similar problem. When loading i get the following message "boot failure insert BOOT diskette in A:", I'...
Summary: Error when turning on pc: "searching for boot record from SCSI.... not found" "boot failure" "insert boot diskette in a:" "press any key when ready" ...
Summary: I'm getting the following message when i try and start my pc. Searching for Boot Record from cdrom - not found Searching for Boot Record from floppy -...
Summary: When I turned my computer on today, this showed up: Boot Failure Insert BOOT diskette in A: Press any key when ready I don't have a BOOT diskette so ...
Summary: Hello everyone, I am in desperate need of some help. I recently ran registry rescue and defragged my pc. On reboot, it keeps getting to the XP scree...
Summary: I have just fitted a Phillips DVDRW416 drive and installed software for it. Sometimes i could boot XP and sometimes i couldn't boot XP since fitting t...
Summary: I just installed an ultra ATA controller card that came with my 160Gb western Digital HD. I have the hard drive connected to the controller card and t...
Summary: hello, i have a problem with my pc, when i start it, the main screen comes up with 2 options: F8 - configuration settings F12 - boot on LAN if i dont ...
Summary: When I turn on the computer it boots like it should for a while but just before it starts Windows the following message appears: Drive not ready Inser...
Summary: First, Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this long post and/or respond to it. Hello my computer has been giving problems problem. My comput...
Summary: My roommate has an HP Vectra VL420MT computer, and up until now, he had been receving an error message upon startup, but could still boot up the compu...
Summary: My config is (all brand new components): P4 1.7 GHz MB - MSI 845 Ultra - AR (MS-6398 board with audio and promise RAID on board) 512 DDR RAM Floppy CD...
Summary: I get this message: Boot Failure Insert BOOT diskette in A: Press any key when ready I happened when I restared my computer a week ago. I do not have...
Summary: I tried to start the laptop and here's the message I get: ----- Boot Failure from Previous Device... seearch for Boot Record from SCSI... Not foun...
Summary: Hi, I was running 98 with 128 meg of ram but got a bunch of viruses. I bought another 256 meg of ram and am trying to install XP Pro but it doesn't lo...
Summary: I have a Gateway computer that I purchased in 1999 which I have updated to windows xp. Recently I it shut down and I recieved the following messege. P...
Summary: My neighbour has just bought a new pc from JAL. She keeps getting system crashes. The pc boots up as normal and seems stable. Then, usually when acces...
Summary: ok I'll explain one more time so when I press the on button it goes like detecting you know(hard drive,cd drive) primary master secondary master etc a...
Summary: I talked to a Dell OnLine Chat tech last night who gave me the proper jumper settings for Dells - Cable Select. And he said to hit F12 at the Dell Scr...
Summary: my computer crashed and keeps saying that the config.sys is corrupt or missing. So far I've restarted the computer hit F2 to switch the BIOS to CD-RO...
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