Re: Booting error

David,

I am reading your post in my office. The booting problem has to do with my
home Dell computer.
I will follow your instruction when I get home this evening. Then I will
post what I am getting.
My D-drive is fine. It shows up when booted.


Type the following in Help
Event Log

Could you please elaborate a little more on this? Which Help file are you
referring to?
I usually read event log under System Tools>Event Viewer.
I would like to learn your way of viewing Even log.

BTW, when I looked at Event Viewer, there was no error except for ie6 (for
problem with Canon Easy Webprint).

Regards,

Craig






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Reboot code used to be different to Start code as the BIOS skipped things it
had done (as the power hadn't been turned off so no extra hardware could
have been attached). That may still be true. Although some BIOSs just did
the same thing. Technology has moved on and general programmers no longer
work with such concepts (Windows stops you).

Backup the secondary hard drive before doing this.

Type the following in Help

Event Log

Go read it and look for Errors (99% of the logs are warnings or status
messages).

Then if your data is backed up run

chkdsk d: /r
(I assume your second drive is D)
Follow the prompts.

Is your second drive there after rebooting in Windows?
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"Craig" <machocraig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks David,

Here again. I have two harddrives (master and slave). Whether my
computer is hot or cold, when I start computer by hitting power button on
tower, no problem with starting. The problem occurs ONLY when I reboot
:Click Start> Turn Off computer> Reboot.
I think my hard drive is working just fine. I have a backup. I am
asking
this question to this NG before bringing my computer to shop. TIA.
Craig




"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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You have a hardware failure. Either the motherboard or hard disk (or
cable).
Does it happen when warm and not when cold rather than when restarting?
Does
it happen on first boot if it warms up first? Do you have two hard disks?
Backup all your data anyway.

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"Craig" <machocraig@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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David,

It seems that I am talking to the right person:

What does the line above f1 say
Here you go.

Secondary hard disk drive 0 not found
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the set up utility.

Your help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Cragi






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