Disk Boot Failure. Insert System Disk And Press Enter

[loonatik]

ok...HELLO TECHSPOT COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!!!! ok well now to my problem.....well actually my buddies but he hasnt the slightest idea on what to do with a pc besides surf the net......ok any way I removed his HD and formatted it in mine and then replaced it to reinstall his OS.....half of the old one was mising.......well now when I boot it up this is the message that I get......REMOVE DISKS OR OTHER MEDIA.....PRESS ANY KEY TO RESTAR.....well when I press any key, I get this......DISK BOOT FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.......can anayone help me or give me some siggestions? I have tried to boot from cd but it gives me the same thing no matter what I do and I thought it was not reading ot finding the HD but it shows it in BIOS.......HELP!! PLEASE!!!?

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[fastco]

Make sure it is connected to IDE-0 and plugged into the end of the IDE Ribbon. Also make sure the jumper on the rear is set to either Master or Cable Select.

 

[loonatik]

Desktop Properties

Yeah I made sure all of that numerous times and still nothing, and I have tried bith MASTER and CABLE SELECT and nothing either way.

 

[fastco]

The bios is seeing the drive but is the computer set up to boot off of IDE-0 first?
Check the boot sequence and make sure IDE-0 is first or second choice.

 

[loonatik]

Yeah I have it set up to boot from cdrom then hard drive but it doesnt matter wich way I set it it just doesnt find it