Need help fast!!!!

[rayzha]

So, this boot failure thing is starting again......... i turn on my computer. Verifying DMI Pool Data............
Boot from CD:
Boot from CD:
Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.
heres a pic. i really needa get to my computer so help if you can!!!!! I'm on my lappy......

http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img24589in.jpg

 

[rayzha]

come on guys, i really need my computer running

 

[Basie]

You don't have a floppy in the A: drive do you?

 

[rayzha]

nope, dont have one. dont have a floppy drive period.lol

 

[Lucidone]

Check your boot-up order list. Make it so theres no floppy in there. should be 1)CD-rom 2) Hard drive/ SCSI 3) ETC ETC

 

[Harvey]

Your hard drive could have died, or your boot sector could be corrupted, but the only way to know for sure would be to connect your drive as a slave on another machine, and see if you can read it.

It could also be the hard drive controller on your motherboard. It may help to re-install the latest IDE drivers for your board. It could also be a faulty IDE cable. Try replacing it.

I've had a strange problem where that happens on mine, a DFI board with a VIA 400 chipset. Every now and then, I get a boot disk failure message. When it happens, I power down, unplug the IDE cable from the drive, and run my finger across the pins on the drive (to discharge any possible "stuck" logic setting), reconnect the cable and boot it.

It's only happened a few times, but that's how I've been able to get it back.

I also Ghost my drive to an identical one almost every day. I don't want to risk losing my setup, let alone my data. There's nothing like having a 100% functional duplicate drive, and no virus can jump the air gap when it's unplugged.

 

[rayzha]

hmmm.... i have a DFI board too. i'll try taht. I just did a repair installation and it seems to be working. i'll post further results

 

[Auric]

Before resorting to a repair in the future just boot the Windows disc to command prompt and run "chkdsk c: /f /r". There are a number of ready-made boot CD's available with all kinds of recovery utilities too.