disk boot failure

[Timsandi]

My win xp home edition computer is comming up with a message

Disk boot failure
Insert system disk

What does this mean and what do I do?

Thanks

Tim

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My win xp home edition computer is comming up with a message

Disk boot failure
Insert system disk

What does this mean and what do I do?

Check to be sure you haven't accidentally left a diskette or CD in the
drive. If that's not the case, it would appear that your hard drive may have
died.

 

[John John]

As Ken has said make sure that no CD's or Diskettes are in these drives
when the computer boots. If no disks are in these drives then try
booting the computer with a boot diskette, or with your Windows XP CD if
your computer has no diskette drive. To make a boot diskette see here:

http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/ntboot/

If your pc has no diskette drive (or if you wish) you can boot with the
Windows XP CD and start the Recovery Console. Once in the Recovery
Console try to boot to the Windows installation with the logon command.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058

If you chose to boot with a diskette or with the Windows XP CD, you may
have to go in the BIOS and change the boot device order so that the
diskette or CD is set before the hard drive in the boot order.

Let us know if the computer can be booted using one of these methods.

John

 

[Guest]

If your PC was working fine before and there is no floppy or CD in the
drivers and you suddenly seeing this message then one possible reason could
be a loose hard disk power or data cable.

You should also check the BOOT DEVICE PRIORITY in BIOS setup as First Boot
Device is your current Hard Disk Drive (e.g. HDD0).

Hope this information helps you, let us know!

 

[Mrich]

There also could a HDD belt failure.

 

[azhat]

There also could a HDD belt failure.

Hai
The problem is that windows is not detecting you hard disk

1.you can check cables and also dummy pins and make sure they are
arranged properly
2.Your hard disk may be damaged