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Disk Boot Failure...

  • 18-12-2006 9:34pm
    #1
    The Black Oil
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    is the message that just came up on my PC. I was on it earlier and it was fine, shut it down left the house and came home an hour later plugged it in and this appears. It happened the other morning as well, thought it was a loose cable or something had a look inside then it worked again. Now I don't know what to do because I'm guessing it isn't a loose cable. I don't really know how to get this back up and running. I don't want to wipe and reinstall without trying to get back into Windows, I should be able to do that give that I was able to the other morning. As a precaution I might wipe and reinstall when I get back in in case something is afoot.

    Advice would be helpful. It's XP Pro SP2, 512 RAM, 3.0Ghz P4.

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  • #2
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Can u furnish us with some more details of the type of disk boot failure? Its the HDD is it?

    Do u have a floppy in the floppy frive? Hehe.


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Are you getting 'Diskboot failure' or 'Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press Enter'? Check your BIOS settings to make sure your hard drive is being picked up.


  • #4
    The Black Oil
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    Sorry yeah, it's the 'Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press Enter' thing that's showing up. I just went upstairs to switch it on and make a note of the error(s) and it's now working again, I got into XP. I don't know what's going on. If it's happened twice I can see it happening again. I can't remember the bios settings off the top of my head, can't remember the sequence I mean.

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  • #5
    quaidox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭quaidox


    check to see if you are getting drive errors in the system log. right click my computer --> manage --> event viewer --> system. sounds to me like the system is having problems reading the boot sector on the hdd, due to the disk being about to fail......


  • #6
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    ^ I agree. Sounds like the HD is failing. Start backing up now!


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  • #7
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    I backed up stuff at Christmas. 9 times out of 10 this happens now and I probably only get in by luck, I presume I should just buy a new HD and not try wiping and reinstalling...

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