Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E
Recently, I updated my motherboard's (Asus A8N-E) BIOS to the latest version (1013) from 1011 which I WAS using.. I did this through AsusUpdate for Windows (which I've used before with no problems). It downloaded, verified, flashed, etc. without any problems. It then requested a restart for system changes to take effect. During the bootup it then stops with the "BOOT DISK FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." An ugly, scary message to say the least. Each time I press enter, the message just comes up again.
After repeated attempts with no luck, I looked in my Mobo manual and read that I can restore a corrupted BIOS (I assumed that's what had happened) with my support CD. So I threw that in and made sure my boot order was CD-ROM then Hard Drive. I'm pretty sure the manual said I should get a message saying "restoring BIOS" or something like that. Well, I don't get anything like that Actually I get some messages flashing up quickly, but as long as the CD is in the drive it will boot up normally into XP. However, if the CD is not in the drive I get the BOOT DISK FAILURE message again
Since this time, I have re-flashed the BIOS via awdflash (in DOS) to 1013 again, and then back to 1011 (where it is now). However, everytime I startup, I can't boot up from my Hard Disk UNLESS THE BOOT PRIORITY IS SET TO CD-ROM BEFORE HARD DRIVE AND MY ASUS CD IS IN THE CD-ROM DRIVE. My knowledge on this is kind of limited but it appears that somehow the "boot disk" information on my hard drive has been comprimised hence the computer won't recognize it as a bootable device. Because if I use the "boot disk" information from the Asus Support CD, the computer boots and then starts up XP without a problem (I'm using the computer right now so obviously the disk itself is fine).
Help!!
Recently, I updated my motherboard's (Asus A8N-E) BIOS to the latest version (1013) from 1011 which I WAS using.. I did this through AsusUpdate for Windows (which I've used before with no problems). It downloaded, verified, flashed, etc. without any problems. It then requested a restart for system changes to take effect. During the bootup it then stops with the "BOOT DISK FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." An ugly, scary message to say the least. Each time I press enter, the message just comes up again.
After repeated attempts with no luck, I looked in my Mobo manual and read that I can restore a corrupted BIOS (I assumed that's what had happened) with my support CD. So I threw that in and made sure my boot order was CD-ROM then Hard Drive. I'm pretty sure the manual said I should get a message saying "restoring BIOS" or something like that. Well, I don't get anything like that Actually I get some messages flashing up quickly, but as long as the CD is in the drive it will boot up normally into XP. However, if the CD is not in the drive I get the BOOT DISK FAILURE message again
Since this time, I have re-flashed the BIOS via awdflash (in DOS) to 1013 again, and then back to 1011 (where it is now). However, everytime I startup, I can't boot up from my Hard Disk UNLESS THE BOOT PRIORITY IS SET TO CD-ROM BEFORE HARD DRIVE AND MY ASUS CD IS IN THE CD-ROM DRIVE. My knowledge on this is kind of limited but it appears that somehow the "boot disk" information on my hard drive has been comprimised hence the computer won't recognize it as a bootable device. Because if I use the "boot disk" information from the Asus Support CD, the computer boots and then starts up XP without a problem (I'm using the computer right now so obviously the disk itself is fine).
Help!!
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