Please help with this huge problem !
asus p4s8x
P4 2.4
120 gb hdd master 6.4 slave
1 gig ram
etc
this was working perfectly for 1 year
The motherboard no longer instantly recognises the hard drive. It initially states that no
hard drive is installed but after going into the bios it will stall and after approximately
1 minute will then recognize it. This problem first arose whilst checking an e-mail. The PC
shut down unannounced, restarted, twice, then upon re-booting states :- Disk Boot failure,
Insert system disk then press enter. I had two hard drives and after changing them around
using the other as the master the same error occurs. I have replaced IDE cables and spoke to
Microsoft who have no idea !!
The PC has been checked by professionals who thought it was hard drive failure. As mentioned
the bios will recognize both hard drives but after about aminute or two. Why does it stall
? Icannot re-install Windows or do anything at all. Please Help.
I'm sure its not HDD problem,
Could this be a virus?
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanx
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by filthjack on 02/15/04 04:37 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
asus p4s8x
P4 2.4
120 gb hdd master 6.4 slave
1 gig ram
etc
this was working perfectly for 1 year
The motherboard no longer instantly recognises the hard drive. It initially states that no
hard drive is installed but after going into the bios it will stall and after approximately
1 minute will then recognize it. This problem first arose whilst checking an e-mail. The PC
shut down unannounced, restarted, twice, then upon re-booting states :- Disk Boot failure,
Insert system disk then press enter. I had two hard drives and after changing them around
using the other as the master the same error occurs. I have replaced IDE cables and spoke to
Microsoft who have no idea !!
The PC has been checked by professionals who thought it was hard drive failure. As mentioned
the bios will recognize both hard drives but after about aminute or two. Why does it stall
? Icannot re-install Windows or do anything at all. Please Help.
I'm sure its not HDD problem,
Could this be a virus?
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanx
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by filthjack on 02/15/04 04:37 PM.</EM></FONT></P>