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Old 05-31-2007
Geoff P
 

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Re: DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
"Jerry" <Jerry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I keep on getting this error message on Home Premium.Im running two 500GB
> Sata hard drives. I've tried changing BIOS settings plenty of times. Any
> suggestions or solutions?


It sounds like your hard drive has a problem in the boot sector area, which
is causing the occasional glitch. Try running a full error check by right
clicking on the suspect drive in My Computer, select Properties, then Tools
and Error Checking - tick both boxes to look for errors as well as faulty
sectors. On a 500Gb drive it'll take a while, but you can stop it once it's
progressing through the drive, as the boot sector is obviously at the
beginning.

If this doesn't work you'll need some more sophisticated tool that reformats
as it goes.

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