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IBM APTIVA Not Booting

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by kristindewey

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I have an IBM Aptiva E series 572 with Windows XP SP2 installed. At first I had some glitches, but tightened some screws,etc (yes I did touch metal with the screwdriver before touching the computer); it worked fine for a couple of weeks. My daughter installed a game (from a CD we bought) and played it for a while, and then later that night I couldn't get the computer to start up. Last night I called IBM Support and they said they don't support my computer system because of the age. The tech suggested it might be because Windows XP is not compatible with this computer (which I'm not quite believing it because I met ALL system requirements before buying it).
Last night after fiddling with it, I finally got an error message "BOOT failure. Insert disk into drive A:" Otherwise I can't get it to go past the first startup screen, I can't hear the fans and drivers start up either.

HELP!! I'm about ready to throw this computer out to the pasture!!!

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by Former member

The problem is your harddrive that is why you are getting "BOOT FAILURE" do not do anything just yet. (no booting etc) Your harddrive has just crashed and burned. You can recover your files nut you will have to get hold of another harddrive and install this into (PLEASE USE A ANTI-STATIC WRIST STRAP) the case and load on windows, then you will be able to extract the files on the crashed hdd.
Hope this helps you.

by kristindewey

A coworker of mine is going to do it for me since he's dealt with this before. Thanks for your info!

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