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HARD DISK WON'T INITIALIZE, "DISK BOOT fAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...
yes I have another system I can try it on. thanks for your help- nkeegan
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HARD DISK WON'T INITIALIZE, "DISK BOOT fAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...
Ran maxtor diagnosis and BIOS extension Information Failed, SMART attribute read Failed- nkeegan
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HARD DISK WON'T INITIALIZE, "DISK BOOT fAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...
tried to run fdisk and it states "no fixed disks present" I have made sure everything is plugged in, but I am not sure it is running. BIOS does not detect the hard drive.- nkeegan
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HARD DISK WON'T INITIALIZE, "DISK BOOT fAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...
I am running Win98se it uses Fat32 I have tried to run the win98 boot disk and it told me that it could not initialize the hard disk and that it could possiblely be a virus and to use a virus scan program which I was wondering what I could use since I can't startup my computer? I have not run...- nkeegan
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HARD DISK WON'T INITIALIZE, "DISK BOOT fAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK...
I BELIEVE I HAVE A VIRUS ON ONE OF MY COMPUTERS. IT CRASHED AND WHEN I GO TO START IT, A MESSAGE COMES UP "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." SO I TURN OFF MY COMPUTER, INSERT MY HP RECOVERY DISK AND RUN IT, BUT IT SAYS IN ALL THE FILES THAT IT CAN'T CREATE THE FILES. I...- nkeegan
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