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Thread ID: 58721 2005-06-10 02:50:00 Disk boot failure - What to do? Randolf (75) Press F1
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362634 2005-06-10 02:50:00 I am running Win 98SE with 20gb. hdd., PIII 833mhz cpu, and 384 mb. memory.

Recently I have been having trouble with cold booting. Under the normal "Verifying DMI Pool Data" there also appears the following message, and then the system locks: "Boot from ATAPI CD- EOM. Bootable CD not exist. Disk Boot Failure. Insert system disk & press enter."

If I run a recovery disk, and fiddle around, (as I don't really know what I'm doing), and after turning the computer off at the back of the case (it won't turn off from the front as normal) the computer finally boots normally.

Bios boot sequence is C/CD Rom/A.

Do you think this is a job for a technician, and may be a faulty power supply to the hdd or similar, or are ther some checks I can do myself? I have made sure all internal connections in the case are tight, and have recently done disc scan/defrag. I have no viruses or spyware.

Any help, or direction to a help source would be most appreciated. 		Randolf (75)
362635 2005-06-10 02:57:00 Do you know what brand of HDD it is?
The specs of the PC put it at the right age to have a Fujitsu HDD in it.
There was a dodgey batch of 10 & 20 GB Fujitsu HDD's.
If it is a Fujitsu I would get a replacement ASAP. 		CYaBro (73)
362636 2005-06-10 03:07:00 Recently I have been having trouble with cold booting. Under the normal "Verifying DMI Pool Data" there also appears the following message, and then the system locks: "Boot from ATAPI CD- EOM. Bootable CD not exist. Disk Boot Failure. Insert system disk & press enter."

Bios boot sequence is C/CD Rom/A.

Go into the BIOS (del) and chnage the boot sequence to A/C/CDRom
It should look for the hard drive first then a CD.
If it still doesn't find the hrad drive you may need to get it looked at. 		pctek (84)
362637 2005-06-10 05:32:00 and after turning the computer off at the back of the case (it won't turn off from the front as normal)
Just a little tip for you: If you hold the power button in for about five seconds the computer should power off. Just keep your finger on the button until it shuts itself down. 		FoxyMX (5)
362638 2005-06-10 05:51:00 Just another little tip: some comps don't actually shutoff untill the button is released, This was discovered by a scotsman who spent 16 days solid holding the powerbutton down, only for the computer to actualy switch off after he collapsed from exhaustion and fell to the floor, releasing the button.

After a bit of a lie down and a stiff Whiskey he claimed it was well worth the effort.



You can normally hear a click from inside the computer which means it will shutdown when the button is released.... 		Metla (12)
362639 2005-06-10 05:57:00 Have you backed up all your needed files off the harddrive recently?

If not, I would suggest you do it ASAP (ie the next thing you do after reading these replies)
Sounds like a suspect sector within the MBR (master boot record) or its more likely to be a harddrive about to die


Just another little tip: some comps don't actually shutoff untill the button is released, This was discovered by a scotsman who spent 16 days solid holding the powerbutton down, only for the computer to actualy switch off after he collapsed from exhaustion and fell to the floor, releasing the button.

After a bit of a lie down and a stiff Whiskey he claimed it was well worth the effort.
If I didn't know better I would have guessed the scotsman was you Metla :p 		Myth (110)
362640 2005-06-10 05:58:00 You sure he was Scotch, Metla? I thought he was Irish... FoxyMX (5)
362641 2005-06-11 11:19:00 Sounds like a suspect sector within the MBR (master boot record)


Thanks for the suggestions to date, but could I respectfully request something a little more positive? For example how can I check if a corrupt MBR is the culprit, and if so how to I go about restoring it? 		Randolf (75)
362642 2005-06-11 11:46:00 Thanks for the suggestions to date, but could I respectfully request something a little more positive? For example how can I check if a corrupt MBR is the culprit, and if so how to I go about restoring it?
fdisk /mbr from a boot floppy. 		pctek (84)
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