HI,

Just this afternoon a large thunder storm passed by. i forgot to turn
my computer off before i left to chill with some friends. when i came
back, i turned the computer on and got this error, "disk boot failure,
insert system disk" i have tried everything. I don't kno which disk it
wants.my computer was made from sony and came with windows XP
installed. i have application and system recovery discs but that wont
work or it wont load. looked in bios and set to defaults, that didnt
work. set it to read from cd-rom but that was already in default.

question is now what do i do? my computer a goner? will i get the files
back because some files are very important on those. im ok with
computers but not to computer savy. please help!

If your computer is a laptop try this;
Remove the battery, and the power cord.
Wait 5 min.
Plug the power cord in and try starting your laptop with the battery
out.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> HI,
>
> Just this afternoon a large thunder storm passed by. i forgot to turn
> my computer off before i left to chill with some friends. when i came
> back, i turned the computer on and got this error, "disk boot failure,
> insert system disk" i have tried everything. I don't kno which disk it
> wants.my computer was made from sony and came with windows XP
> installed. i have application and system recovery discs but that wont
> work or it wont load. looked in bios and set to defaults, that didnt
> work. set it to read from cd-rom but that was already in default.
>
> question is now what do i do? my computer a goner? will i get the files
> back because some files are very important on those. im ok with
> computers but not to computer savy. please help!

Hi,

It removing the battery doesn't work, and before you try anything
drastic, go to another system and download Spinrite from this site:

http://www.grc.com/intro.htm

Make a boot cd or floppy and follow the instructions. You can run it at
level 2 first--that might be enough to fix the hard drive.

Good luck!

Joan

Trooper wrote:
> If your computer is a laptop try this;
> Remove the battery, and the power cord.
> Wait 5 min.
> Plug the power cord in and try starting your laptop with the battery
> out.
>
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > HI,
> >
> > Just this afternoon a large thunder storm passed by. i forgot to turn
> > my computer off before i left to chill with some friends. when i came
> > back, i turned the computer on and got this error, "disk boot failure,
> > insert system disk" i have tried everything. I don't kno which disk it
> > wants.my computer was made from sony and came with windows XP
> > installed. i have application and system recovery discs but that wont
> > work or it wont load. looked in bios and set to defaults, that didnt
> > work. set it to read from cd-rom but that was already in default.
> >
> > question is now what do i do? my computer a goner? will i get the files
> > back because some files are very important on those. im ok with
> > computers but not to computer savy. please help!

its a desktop computer. i will get back to you if the boot disk will
work =)



(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It removing the battery doesn't work, and before you try anything
> drastic, go to another system and download Spinrite from this site:
>
> http://www.grc.com/intro.htm
>
> Make a boot cd or floppy and follow the instructions. You can run it at
> level 2 first--that might be enough to fix the hard drive.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Joan
>
> Trooper wrote:
> > If your computer is a laptop try this;
> > Remove the battery, and the power cord.
> > Wait 5 min.
> > Plug the power cord in and try starting your laptop with the battery
> > out.
> >
> > (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > Just this afternoon a large thunder storm passed by. i forgot to turn
> > > my computer off before i left to chill with some friends. when i came
> > > back, i turned the computer on and got this error, "disk boot failure,
> > > insert system disk" i have tried everything. I don't kno which disk it
> > > wants.my computer was made from sony and came with windows XP
> > > installed. i have application and system recovery discs but that wont
> > > work or it wont load. looked in bios and set to defaults, that didnt
> > > work. set it to read from cd-rom but that was already in default.
> > >
> > > question is now what do i do? my computer a goner? will i get the files
> > > back because some files are very important on those. im ok with
> > > computers but not to computer savy. please help!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>its a desktop computer. i will get back to you if the boot disk will
>work =)
>

Try the total power off trick anyway, but leave it unplugged for at
least 10 minutes.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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