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October 31, 2005 at 10:40 AM
donkim5

Only boots with Reboot Button or Restart

by donkim5 . Updated 20 years, 8 months ago

My computer gets the following message upon booting:

“Boot Failure
Insert Boot Diskette in Drive A:
Press Any Key to Continue”

However, this message does NOT occur and I get a proper boot anytime I reboot the computer through the Windows “restart” or anytime I reboot the computer by pressing the reboot button on my computer.

I have tried formatting and reinstalling Windows xp. I do not have an A: drive. It should also be noted that during boot the following message flashes quickly:

“Boot Device not found. Bios is not installed!”

But I’ve always had this message even when PC ran without errors- I have used Live Update to detect and install the latest bios for my pc. I have also tried running a drive fitness test for my harddrive and it passed that.

Any help appreciated greatly, thanks –

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