insert bootable media

[crows27]

Insert Bootable Media in the appropriate drive is the message i'm getting after a system reboot. This is a small lab i have at home. Did the HD finally die ? Virus software was installed and current.......what could cause this?

thanks.

 

[edfair]

May be hard drive dead. May be CMOS changed. May be boot record corrupted.
Path to diagnosis:
check for drive ID on bootup
boot from floppy EBD
fdisk and see if partition exists and active
post back with results
Bunches of good hardware techs hang out here, somebody will help with follow up steps. Ed Fair
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[crows27]

There was no HD identification. I placed another harddrive in it's place and this one is Identified but i get an I/O error. I am now formatting the harddrive. If this works then the old HD probably crapped out on me without warning.

THe I/O error if not the HD could be a result of failed IDE interface on the MB? Faulty cables?

 

[edfair]

Interface is mostly good if the drive ids. Same for cable. There might be some individual line bad and both would appear to work. I've not been into the details enough to be able to tell you what individual lines might create a failure like that.
Different drive formatting and taking programs will eliminate them as suspects. Ed Fair
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[crows27]

that drive formatted ok and when i placed the old drive that had the problem (removed a 2nd jumper it had) it worked ok. This is strange though as it's had those jumpers since install.

Thanks for the insight on what could cause something like this !