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by m_grande

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i'm recently having multiple problems with my pc...first my bios was not recognizing my hard drive etc..but in this case i have a new 10.gig HD ..i want to format it but i cant ,,it boots and stops at this error message ( I/O DEVICE NOT READY,CHECK DISK PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE ) what does this means ??? what should i check for ??

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by jlouis45

well to begin with. Tell me did you change any setting in your system i.e. IDE cabling etc. If yes provide details... if no do you know how to open the system and check the wiring. i am trying to know your knowledge so that I would be able to tell you better a solution. Waiting this reply.

by dmiles

First check the Cabling to your harddrive to make sure that it is connected properly.
Open the CMOS control panel and look in the list for hardrive,check to see if the drive settings is Auto,if this is true and you have only one drive,save and exit.
If their are two hard drives then make sure you have one designated as master by the setting the jumper on the back of drive.

by kcmeister

First check the cables. Western Digital hard drives have a jumper for neutral, single disk. rather odd. On top of the hard drive it will detail the jumper settings. If I recall the single drive setting is jumper 2 and 3 on the bottom row. also set the bios to auto detect the drive.
Good luck!

by troubleshootergurl

I won't be too technical but here's a tip. I've actually gotten that message when booting up and I reinstalled my entire operating system and software applications because of it. Not realizing that it was the portable CD writer plugged into the USB port. I've never looked into why the error appears because I just unplug it until I am ready to use it. Once my operating system boots up I plug it in. I am fine with that.

Try unplugging all peripherals before start up.

Good Luck.

by troubleshootergurl

I won't be too technical but here's a tip. I've actually gotten that message when booting up and I reinstalled my entire operating system and software applications because of it. Not realizing that it was the portable CD writer plugged into the USB port. I've never looked into why the error appears because I just unplug it until I am ready to use it. Once my operating system boots up I plug it in. I am fine with that.

Try unplugging all peripherals before start up.

Good Luck.

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