Disk boot failure error

[unicornlily]

Hello. Everytime I start up my computer, it says disk boot failure error. Do I have to reinstall everything on the computer?

 

[Tmagic650]

You might have to replace your hard drive too

 

[raybay]

If your data is valuable, do not reinstall. Get another drive, then use this one as a recovery drive.
Later you can find out if it is any good, but like Tmagic650, I would worry that the drive has gone bad... at least in the first four to eight sectors where the boot information is installed.

 

[CCT]

Check boot ordeer in Bios is set floppy (if you have 1), cd and HD0.

If it is and using XP, using a valid Windows XP disk, boot from it, press "R". Type "fixboot" and press "Enter". Type "fixmbr" and press "Enter", type "bootcfg/rebuild" and press "Enter".


Reboot.