Computer does not boot up right

The error message is pertaining to a hard drive that is not partitioned or formatted,which could be caused by a corrupt MBR
Insert boot disk in A: drive and choose the option to Run Setup without CD-ROM support
At Command prompt type FDISK,when window opens,select option to View Drive information
check to be sure a partition exist on the drive,press ESC to exit
Now,once back to command prompt,type in SYS C:\,press Enter,reject the floppy after this process and reboot computer,if the drive does not boot,open the case nad check the cables to make sure they are set properly.
If,everything checks out ,then you will need to format the drive and run setup to install the operating system

You said that: "brother sent" ? then it was transported. I think that you have loose HD - IDE cable connection and your HD isn't recognised. Take the PC?s cover off and check the IDE-cables.
2nd ? someone could dropped this PC and now HD is dead.
Good luck

if you got another spare hard disk. try to change it..see wheter is is ok. if so, means ur harddisk is spoiled..

or go to your bios and auto detect the ide drive..if can detect,,that means still ok.

or after you boot from ur a drive..type fdisk

and select 5 for view your harddisk..see whether got or not,,

See more information on fdisk

Tnx

check first if everything is firmly attached and connected.
Next if it still doesn't boot, switch if another hd (if you have ) and check. If that one boots your original hd is bad , if it doesn't it's the motherboard.

Leopold

The first thing to do is to make sure all drive cables are securly connected - both the ribbon cables and the power cables.

The second thing to do is to "auto-detect" the IDE devices in the BIOS. Note if the BIOS detects the presence of the hard drive. If it does not detect it, either the jumpers on the drive are set incorrectly, or the drive is bad.

The third thing to do is to set the boot sequence (in the BIOS) to boot to C-Drive first, A-Drive second.

The fourth thing to do is to reboot the computer WITHOUT a boot disk in A-Drive. If the BIOS did detect the drive, and it still does not boot, the drive lost its partition.

If it still hasn't booted, the FIFTH thing to do is to insert a good boot disk into A-Drive and fdisk (partition) the fixed drive. You will then, of course, have to reload the operating system. If you've determined (in steps 1-4) that the hard drive is bad, you will, of course, have to partition a new drive and load the operating system on that new drive.

Feel free to e-mail me if you need help.

Maxwell

you need a DOS FORMATTED disk with the following files:

IO.SYS *
MSDOS.SYS *
COMMAND.COM
FDISK.EXE
FORMAT.COM

The star means the file attribute must be set to hidden.

Now boot with the floppy and type:

FDISK

Delete all existing partitions using the appropiate option.

Choose Create Partition and if it asks you if you want to use all of the space, choose Yes. Choose Yes if it asks you something about FAT32 (if you have > 2GB hard drive). The partition is created.

Restart the computer.

Now you should be able to access the drive letter C and thats it.

now type:

FORMAT C:/S

This will make your hard drive a dos system. Leave the disk in the drive until the format is complete and the label has been set.

reset the computer, remove the disk, and the computer should boot.