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jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 05:24 PM

hi am after a wee bit help, my pc was working fine yesterday and all of a sudden it restarted and went to black screen with a message "disk boot failure, please insert system disk and press enter". It is not even recognising the hard disk just my cd/rw. I changed the data cables , put in another hard disk, swap the cables and nothing. it isnt even recognising any hard disks in bios.

any ideas? thanks in advance

BL4K3Y · 15-01-09, 05:58 PM

Does the hard disk make any weird noises such as clicks or anything?

Rick · 15-01-09, 06:14 PM

my initial thoughts are that the HDD controller on your mb has gone. Can you try the drive in another pc?

jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blakey_8

Does the hard disk make any weird noises such as clicks or anything?

not that i have noticed no

jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick1980

my initial thoughts are that the HDD controller on your mb has gone. Can you try the drive in another pc?

i will give it a go, and let u know

jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jie_1690

i will give it a go, and let u know

i have tried the hard drive in my own pc and the same message comes up, "disk boot failure, please insert disk".

i take it the problem is the hard disk itself?

Rick · 15-01-09, 07:12 PM

it does seem like the hdd is gone, but that dosen't explain why the pc won't read a differant drive. have you any surge protection on the pc ?

BL4K3Y · 15-01-09, 07:25 PM

Have you tried disconnecting any optical drives and put the HDD on it's own master channel to see if that helps?

jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blakey_8

Have you tried disconnecting any optical drives and put the HDD on it's own master channel to see if that helps?

yes still nothing

jie_1690 · 15-01-09, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick1980

it does seem like the hdd is gone, but that dosen't explain why the pc won't read a differant drive. have you any surge protection on the pc ?

am sorry i have no ideed what surge protection is lol

15-01-09, 05:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
jie_1690 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	disk boot failure hi am after a wee bit help, my pc was working fine yesterday and all of a sudden it restarted and went to black screen with a message "disk boot failure, please insert system disk and press enter". It is not even recognising the hard disk just my cd/rw. I changed the data cables , put in another hard disk, swap the cables and nothing. it isnt even recognising any hard disks in bios. any ideas? thanks in advance

15-01-09, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: disk boot failure Does the hard disk make any weird noises such as clicks or anything?

15-01-09, 06:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: disk boot failure my initial thoughts are that the HDD controller on your mb has gone. Can you try the drive in another pc?

15-01-09, 07:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Rick Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Blackburn, UK Posts: 2,600 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,029 Times in 669 Posts	Re: disk boot failure it does seem like the hdd is gone, but that dosen't explain why the pc won't read a differant drive. have you any surge protection on the pc ?

15-01-09, 07:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
BL4K3Y Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 7,004 Thanks: 247 Thanked 1,319 Times in 1,211 Posts	Re: disk boot failure Have you tried disconnecting any optical drives and put the HDD on it's own master channel to see if that helps?

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