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propheticvoice2 Posts: 52 Joined: 4/20/2004 From: Columbus, Ohio Status: offline	Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/19/2005 8:26:29 Hello all: I am terrified because my computer has crashed. I am not sure what I need to do, but before I tried to take it to someone to look at I wanted to see if you all could offer any suggestions on how to fix the problem myself. I went to turn my PC on yesterday and I received the following error message on start up. "Disk Boot Error. Please insert System Disk." So I decided to grab my Windows XP disk, and restarted the computer with the disk in the CD drive. The set up screen came up. I went through the following steps. 1. I tried to install on the existent partition....It went through the setup process, told me that the computer would reboot and set up would continue on restart......it restarted and nothing...it went back to the same thing over again. So then I proceeded to try something else. 2. I deleted the existent partition and formatted a new one. Tried to install XP on the new partition. It went through the setup process, told me that the computer would reboot and set up would continue on restart......it restarted and nothing...it went back to the same thing over again. 3. I tried to repair the program, but I think I am not MS Dos literate enough to complete that. Any help you can give me would be wonderful. Thanks


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/19/2005 14:49:18 Have you tried another hard drive? And did you make sure your hard drive was connected properly? _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to propheticvoice2)


propheticvoice2 Posts: 52 Joined: 4/20/2004 From: Columbus, Ohio Status: offline	RE: Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/19/2005 15:15:39 I can't even access my hard drives. Everything is corrected properly. The PC won't even boot up. If I don't have the XP disk in then it reads "Boot Disk Error" if I put the XP disk in and then turn the computer on, it goes into set up mode. But it never sets up. I think I am doing something wrong (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/19/2005 15:31:47 quote: I can't even access my hard drives - I meant a different hard drive so you can see if the drive you have now is what is causing the issue. Take out your current drive, and try a different one to see if you have the same problem. _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to propheticvoice2)


Spooky Posts: 26617 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/19/2005 15:35:11 In other words - either try another HD that has windows installed or a new drive that you can install windows on (with the boot disk). If you arent sure how to remove and install a hard drive, try and grab someone who can. Reboot and see if it loads off the new HD (if it does your old one has obviously failed) _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Help! My Computer Crashed - 5/20/2005 6:24:22 I know this is probably a really daft question but just to make sure we've covered all the bases..... You have made sure you haven't got a floppy in the drive? You'd be amazed how many hard drive failure calls I get where a forgotten floppy is the culprit. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Spooky)