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DVD Writer prob

  • 19-07-2009 06:25PM
    #1
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭


    Have just swapped over my DVD writer and the computer is giving a message saying "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter"

    What is going on and what do I have to do to sort it????


Comments

  • #2
    BoB_BoT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭BoB_BoT


    sounds like a bios boot order issue. Can you go into the bios as the computer boots up, go to boot order and make sure that it reads something like this

    cd-drive, hard disk, other
    or
    hard disk, other, other

    should resolve your problem. if not check to make sure you haven't unplugged your hard disk by mistake, or unseated the connections.


  • #3
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭population


    Checked all connections and they are all solid. Also it wont really let me go into bios. When I click the tab key to pull it up, it just goes straight to the screen giving the original fault???

    Should I go into the "set up" screen instead?


  • #4
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭population


    Actually it is letting me in to bios now. Think I needed to be quicker on the button. Unfortuneatly it seems to recognise all the drives including the new one, but it is still giving the original error message.


  • #5
    kleefarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,732 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    Check your jumper setting on the new drive.


  • #6
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    He was saying check the boot order not if it recongises it.
    You can actually set in the bios to boot , hard drive, cd/dvd drive or floppy and in which order
    you want the hard drive first obviously


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  • #7
    population
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭population


    cheers all. off out but will try sort tommorrow


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