Re: Unexpected 'no disk' message during boot up.



Ian wrote:
Suddenly I get message 'Windows - no disk' with options to 'continue...try again... cancel' half way through boot up. This has never occurred before and is annoying. I'm running XP and wonder what's going on. I have no windows disk and never have had. Thanks in advance for your advice.

Greetings,

Ian.

Perhaps your hd has bit the proverbial dust. If there's no restore CD, there's probably a partition on the hd with the required files, but if the hd is hosed, it won't do you much good. You might call the manufacturer of the system and ask for options, or look through the many archived posts here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?lnk=hpsg&q=Windows+no+disk

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Joe =o)
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