Message "Inaccessable Boot Device"

[JENISON187]

I have a computer that keeps giving me a "Inaccessable Boot Device" message. Im not sure why. Before it was giving me a message "Non-system Disk Error" but I replaced the IDE cable and now its giving me this new message. Is this a motherboard issue? If not what could it be? Ive tried a couple of hard drives but Im not sure if im doing everything right. I could use some insight.
Thank You

 

[electronicsfreak]

Make sure your floppy drive is empty. Sounds like its trying to boot from it. Also a bad floppy drive can cause errors. My advice disabled floppy in bios, tell it to boot from hard drive first and see if that solves your problem.

 

[KevinADC]

yes, check the BIOS/CMOS settings first, almost sounds like the settings were changed. Make sure the ribbon cable is put on correctly to the floppy/motherboard or controller card, pin one to pin one on both ends.

"Non-system Disk Error" means the disk is not a bootable one, has no system files/boot sector to boot the computer up from. Hopefully that's referring to your floppy as electronicsfreak has noted. If the primary hard drive is not bootable then your hard drive might have taken a dump.

 

[BadBigBen]

Good advice sofar...

make sure that the HD is also set to AUTO detect in the BIOS...

Disable AntiVirus BOOT check aswell and Turn off SMART monitoring in the BIOS... and see if that helps...


Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."