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pc will not always boot

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by gmoyer3292

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sometimes when my pc boots it stops after counting ram. I get a hard drive error press f1
to resume. When I press f1 it says insert boot disk. My os is windows xp pro. Could this be a
bad hard drive? Thanks in advance. GM

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by ccavazosrc

Try changing your cmos set up.. It sounds like the OS is searching the wrong drive. Depending on how many master drives you have installed, Another is CPU is over heating, make sure fan is blowing or installed correctly, on CPU..

by sprinter79boy

check your ide cable make sure it is properly attach and also check the jumper setting of your hard disk. If the problem still occur try to replace your ide cable. Try to examine your hard disk try running scandisk.

by sprinter79boy

check your ide cable make sure it is properly attach and also check the jumper setting of your hard disk. If the problem still occur try to replace your ide cable. Try to examine your hard disk try running scandisk.

by shakeelr7

First of all take your important data backup because the symptoms you are saying representing that your Hard Disk is soon going to Dead. This is the solution of your problem. One thing more also change the HDD controller of your system or instead of using Master controller switch your hard Disk cable to secondary controller.

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