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Disk Error Message on Startup

 
 
Paul
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      16th Aug 2004
when computer starts after the PCI device listing I
receive this error message

Disk error
Press any key to restart

checked all the cds/dvd/and floppy drives
tried restarting all with no luck

any help would be greatly appreciated
 
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Cari \(MS-MVP\)
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      16th Aug 2004
It sounds like your hard drive isn't working.
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"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> when computer starts after the PCI device listing I
> receive this error message
>
> Disk error
> Press any key to restart
>
> checked all the cds/dvd/and floppy drives
> tried restarting all with no luck
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated



 
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Nathan McNulty
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      21st Aug 2004
Or the boot order has been messed with. Check your BIOS settings and
make sure that the Hard Drive is even showing up and that it is set to
the first boot device if possible. See if that helps the problem

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Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> It sounds like your hard drive isn't working.

 
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