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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by moestavern19, Mar 21, 2003.

  1. moestavern19

    moestavern19 Member

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    Ok, So I tried to get on my PC tonight, (Its a Piece of crap E-Machines running Windows 98 with a measly 466k and 278 RAM)

    And I'm getting this message

    Boot up from CD-ROM - Failed (normal)
    Boot up from Drive A - Failed (normal)
    Booted up from IDE Hard Disk - Failed (WTF?)

    Insert a Boot up disk into Drive A and hit any key to continue

    I don't know why it's saying this, It always boots up from the Hard Drive. the only thing I have that I could use to boot up the OS is my Restore disk, which I tried to no avail. Any Help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    #1 moestavern19, Mar 21, 2003
  2. Sonny

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    Hearing any noises? Or have you opened the pc up recently?

    Seems like the hard drive could have failed or a cable is loose.
     
    #2 Sonny, Mar 21, 2003
  3. kidrock8

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    I think you d/l too much p*rn from Kazaa...

    ;)
     
    #3 kidrock8, Mar 21, 2003
  4. moestavern19

    moestavern19 Member

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    thats what I'm thinking because It's not Detecting the hard drive now.

    And I don't d/l that stuff off Kazaa




    I use Grokster
     
    #4 moestavern19, Mar 21, 2003
  5. Possum

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    What kind of a person owns a pc and doesn't download p*rn?:confused: :D
     
    #5 Possum, Mar 21, 2003
  6. codell

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    A married person whose wife likes to conveniently use his laptop because hers is "not working". :p
     
    #6 codell, Mar 21, 2003
  7. RunninRaven

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    I don't think you read his post carefully enough. ;)
     
    #7 RunninRaven, Mar 21, 2003
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    I don't download pr0n.
     
    #8 sosorox, Mar 21, 2003
  9. MoBalls

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    Try looking into the BIOS (Setup F10 or F8) and see if it sees your hardrive...if not ...............unplug cable to hardrive and motherboard then reseat cable...also the power......if it still not seeing hardrive..that baby is probably a gonner
     
    #9 MoBalls, Mar 21, 2003
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