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HDD Error during Hard Boot only

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by eecar_fan

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I am recieving an error, that say's, "HDD Error, PLease insert boot disk".
This only happens if I turn the system off and then back on. If I hit the reset switch, everything operates perfectly fine. Why does this only happen during a hard boot withthe power switch.
The system is an older P233, Win98, 1.2 gig WD, 32 meg, ATX
Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

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by ann777

If you use the power switch... how long are you waiting between the off and then the on? Has the hdd had a chance to spin down completely? What OS are you using? Do you do a Start --> Shutdown and give the system time to shutdown?

It sounds as if you may not be giving the system a chance to power down completely, before the power on.

by dmiles

The bios is having problem loading the IO.SYS
file to load the operating system,or the hard drive may be going bad
Insert the sytem startup disk and boot system and select to run without CD-rom support,hit Enter,if this does not work then
Open the CMOS control panel and see if the hard drive configuration is set to Auto.
The other option is to run scandisk for hard drive errors.

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