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| 55645 | 2002-06-21 01:43:00 | It say's Non-System Disk or Disk Error Replace disk then strike any key or something similar I can't do anything, Plz help, my freidn can't use their PC At all because of this message on boot after mem check Joe |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 55646 | 2002-06-21 01:47:00 | Sounds like you have a disk in the floppy drive. Remove it and hit a key (or try to boot again) :) | Shroeder (492) | ||
| 55647 | 2002-06-21 02:12:00 | could also be dead hardrive. what info do you get on screen? does the bios reconise the hardrive? i've had a case of a pc battery gone flat causeing the bios to lose the hardrive settings and hence not boot. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 55648 | 2002-06-21 02:56:00 | Wrong - there are only two things which cause this error message. Either there is a non-bootable floppy disk in the drive (and the machine is set to boot from the A drive first), or The system files are missing or corrupt. Solution = boot from a startup disk of the same version of Windows or Dos which is installed and at the A:\> type sys c: and press enter. Remove the floppy disk and restart the computer. The error message is covered in all A+ courses as well as documented at the MSkb |
Merlin the Magician (499) | ||
| 55649 | 2002-06-21 10:08:00 | Not Wrong - this message CAN come from a hard disk that has not been recognised properly. Usually because the drive is starting to fail ('sticking' and not starting up quickly enough). | wuppo (41) | ||
| 55650 | 2002-06-21 10:34:00 | Hi Chilling_Silence (may I call you Chill?) When the computer is started, the boot routine polls the floppy disk (or the 'A drive') for a valid boot disk. If it can't find a bootable disk then the system reads the boot sector from the first physical hard drive. The partition table on the hard drive is examined for a partition with a boot indicator. If no partitions are marked as bootable, then the system executes an interrupt 18H, which transfers control to ROM Basic. Under these conditions, the computer displays the message: Non-System disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready If this happens when there is a bootable disk in the floppy drive (usually A), make sure that the boot sequence is set to drive A and then the first hardrive partition (usually C) in the computer's BIOS/CMOS setting. You can try the suggestion of Merlins' and also check you have an active partition on the first hardrive (c?) Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 55651 | 2002-06-21 15:05:00 | Hey babe that was good. Same message on a pal's comp and had us all puzzled. Now got a line on it. Thanks. | mark c (247) | ||
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