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    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    Before I forget - the restore CD is in the drive, but I am given an option to boot from hard disk OR cd - and when I select hard disk it boots. I haven't even tried using boot from CD yet.
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    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    Hello again! I am on the computer now, but here's the status. When I boot up I still get the same message; if I boot up with the restoration CD in the drive it loads WinXP. So the hard drive is working. Does this mean there's something going on with the boot process and if so, any ideas on how...
  3. kookbox

    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    If the hard drive isn't being recognized will it simply not show up at all in the BIOS setup? What would be the indicator that it's just the BIOS battery? Thanks for your help!
  4. kookbox

    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    I have WinXP. Someone else here suggested using F8 but I'll look for setup option instead. So you're saying errors like this can becaused by cables and such? And if the problem isn't one of those it's probably something wrong with the hard drive? How hard is it to install a new hard drive and...
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    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    My computer won't boot. All I get is a black screen that says, "Disk error, press any key to continue". Is there any way to bypass this message to find out if the hard drive is dead or if the OS just needs to be repaired? Any other possibilities of what the problem might be? I tried holding...
  6. kookbox

    Disk Error, press any key to continue...

    My computer won't boot. All I get is a black screen that says, "Disk error, press any key to continue". Is there any way to bypass this message to find out if the hard drive is dead or if the OS just needs to be repaired? Any other possibilities of what the problem might be? I tried holding...
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    System "hangs" and runs CHKDSK over and over

    Hi Linney! Thanks for all the info. I'll look all this over in the morning and let you know what I find out - have been trying to fix the problem all day with no success and kinda burned out on it right now, LOL! I'm thinking now that perhaps the user profile for Joann is corrupted but am not...
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    System "hangs" and runs CHKDSK over and over

    I have Windows XP installed and have 3 user accounts on this machine - Patricia (Admin, me), Joann, and James. When I boot my machine, and try to log in as Patricia, no problems. I can log in as James, no problems. But when I log on as Joann, the system chugs and chugs and then goes to a blue...
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