HELP! Win XP can not recognize my 02 Hard Drives and DO NOT BOOT!!

[Franklogus]

I need help to solve a big trouble. My "back-up" PC (P4 1.6, Asus P4SDX, 01 HD ATA-133 120 GB Maxtor & 01 HD ATA-100 40 GB Seagate) is having a boot problem since this morning... The message is "DISK BOOT FAILURE-INSERT DISK SYSTEM...".

So, I put my MoBo CD in my drive of DVD and I could access DOS (only drive "A" - the program "called" my drive of DVD - normally named D by Windows - as drive "A")), but I can not reach my 02 hard drives (as if they were "missing"...). Inside BIOS, within BOOT menu, I can not set Primary Master and Slave, because they "disappeared" (appears only NONE inside this option... - as if I do not had any HDD...) Very strange, as I didn't change any setting of my PC.

Well, I need a technical help to solve this odd problem; what can I do to make my PC to recognize my 02 HD's, please??

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!!!!

 

[HermDogg]

it would seem that your hard drives aren't being recognized by BIOS- not XP. First of all, crack open the case and dis/reconnect all drive cables and check your jumper settings. If it still doesn't work, try booting with ONLY the system drive hooked up, to see if you can get it to work. Take two advil and call me in the morning if symptoms persist.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: Franklogus
I need help to solve a big trouble. My "back-up" PC (P4 1.6, Asus P4SDX, 01 HD ATA-133 120 GB Maxtor & 01 HD ATA-100 40 GB Seagate) is having a boot problem since this morning... The message is "DISK BOOT FAILURE-INSERT DISK SYSTEM...".

What exactly did you do this morning before the problem?
Did you make any changes to the bios?

 

[Franklogus]

Thanks a lot for your attention, HermDogg & Navid !!
Well, I didn't change anything in my PC before the trouble happened (And that's because of this that it is very strange - I have this PC since March of 2001 and it never had this kind of problem...).
As I dont know to operate with computers (I am afraid to open the case and damage my PC), i will take it and deliver to a technical professional. If it was only a software problem, I could try to solve; but, as it needs to open the case...
Anyways, thanks all for your help !! Its very useful to know in advance what can be the problem; so, I can to understand better what the professional will have to do...