Re: DISK BOOT FAILURE

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Hi Sypher

thanks for the quick response. I have a supplementary question I hope you
can help with: assuming your suggestion is correct, can the data on the
faulty hard drive be recovered? My son has a lot of college work in its
memory and to lose it would be a loss of months of work.

Thanks

"Sypher" wrote:

>
> "EvilTwin" <EvilTwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:37ED17C3-D1BF-4072-AAAA-50B100038CB8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi...I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 on a machine that is about 4
> > years old but with no history of problems. My daughter was using MSN when
> > it
> > started to make a strange whirring sound and then crashed. Now whenever we
> > try to load up the error message, "disk boot failure, insert system disk
> > and
> > press enter" shows up. I was not supplied with a system disk/reload cd
> > when I
> > bought the machine. I also get the error message, "a disk read error
> > occurred, press ctrl/alt/del to re-start" but when I do I resort to the
> > first
> > message above. Suggestions will be received gratefully. Thanks
>
> 1) Remove any disks into the A: drive (if any).
> 2) If you still have the error, its probably a hardware problem (disk is
> gone). U can try to re-format it
> but i sincerely dont think that will work (if u heard a strange mechanical
> sound, probably its gone forever).
>
> Just buy a new disk and reinstall windows (download a disk from the internet
> or ask a friend then put in the same code as the old one).
>
> Bye!
>
> Sypher
>
>
>
.

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