Re: Non system disk or disk error

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mturus wrote:
No floppy disk at all in the system

"Infosink" wrote:

mturus wrote:
I have XP Home edition. When I swithced it on it comes with
message "Non System disk or Disk error"

Any idea?

Take the floppy out of the floppy drive.

Check in the BIOS what is the first boot device .. remove any non-bootable
media from that device. If this is not the case you have a bigger problem on
your hands and will have to go on a process of elimination journey to figure
out just what is causing this:


- FIXBOOT from Windows XP's Recovery console sometimes works [boot from XP
CD-ROM press 'R' for the Recovery Console] and if it does, the harddrive
should reboot to Windows like nothing ever happened. Fly me there and I will
do it for $750.00 .. plus you pay my airfare, lodging and any applicable
taxes and levies, tolls etc.

- Reset BIOS to defaults using motherboard's BIOS reset switch or reset
jumnper sometimes works - the harddrive(s) gets rerecognized and everything
goes chipper. I can do it for you for $990.75 - you pay flight, lodgings,
and any applicable taxes, levies, tolls etc. .

- Replacing the harddrive sometimes works .. well .. in this case it works
only in that the hardware works .. you'd have to install Windows onto the
new drive etc. etc. If the old drive had really important data I could
arrange for data recovery for you .. $500 plus the cost of recovery from a
recovery outfit - this time my price includes shipping and handling other
than the first shipping of the harddrive to me - no guarantee that recovery
will be full though. If you need a new harddrive, fly me there and I will
replace the harddrive and install Windows for $1775.00 - you also pay for my
airfare, lodging and any applicable taxes, tolls, levies etc. Price does
include a new Maxtor 7200 RPM HDD of at least 250GB and a new copy of
Windows XP Home w SP2 incl..

I accept certified cheques, cash and money orders. Cash upon my arrival at
computer's location.


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